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Australian lamb silent on US package and Farrell’s ‘super’ idea

AUSTRALIA’S sheep meat processing sector and producer leadership was today silent on the prospect of American and Australian lamb producers co-operating on a support package to avert import restrictions or higher tariffs…Read More

Terry Sim, October 2, 2026

Wool buyers pull auction market prices back again

MORE Australian wool growers held back bales from sale this week as buyers collectively pulled auction market prices back…Read More

Sheep Central, October 2, 2026

Well-specified fine wool outperforms other categories

FINE wool prices increased mostly in Sydney and Melbourne auctions this week, but the market generally recorded an overall loss…Read More

Sheep Central, September 25, 2026

Lamb and mutton rates underpin record ewe prices – Howie

FIRST cross ewes to $620, Merinos to $515, new season lambs to $398 and cast for age ewes averaging around $350 for mutton – Sheep Central livestock markets columnist Chris Howie charts what’s behind the latest price movements…Read More

Sheep Central livestock markets columnist Chris Howie, September 21, 2026

From spot prices to forward certainty for WA sheep – Hubbard

AGORA Livestock head of markets Dean Hubbard has put the case for supporting more competitive tension in the Western Australian sheep industry, especially forward contracts, and questions the value in government funding to increase processing capacity before incentivising supply…Read More

Agora Livestock head of markets Dean Hubbard, September 15, 2026

Drought impacts important red meat shipping route to US

GLOBAL trade is facing further disruption with another major shipping route putting restrictions in place, this time due to drought, which could have a significant impact on Australia’s export of red meat to the east coast of the United States and Canada…Read More

Lydia Burton, September 15, 2026

Opinion: Reflecting on US lamb tariffs, 9/11 and the future

FORMER National Farmers Federation deputy chief executive officer Lyall Howard remembers where he was on September 11, 2001 – in the United States trying to negotiate Australia’s way out of a lamb tariff dispute. He proposes that the countries could still work together to build lamb demand and production…Read More

By former NFF deputy CEO Lyall Howard., September 11, 2026

Is it too late to collaborate with the US producers on lamb promotion?

THE latest American lamb industry effort to limit imports from Australia and New Zealand has sparked industry discussion on whether marketing collaboration efforts should be renewed…Read More

Terry Sim, September 11, 2026

Growers hold bales back as auction wool prices drift lower

AUSTRALIA’S wool auction market drifted lower this week, prompting brokers to pass in 10 percent of growers’ bales initially catalogued for sale…Read More

Sheep Central, September 11, 2026

New Zealand Wool Collective grows out of industry bodies’ merger

NEW Zealand’s advocacy and resource hub Wool Impact and Campaign for Wool NZ have formally merged to form the New Zealand Wool Collective…Read More

Sheep Central, September 2, 2026

American Lamb Board credits role of imports in meeting demand

THE American Lamb Board has recognised the role imported product from Australia and New Zealand plays in meeting domestic demand, in a recent market update…Read More

Sheep Central, August 28, 2026

Wool prices rebound as buyers react to drop in supply

AUSTRALIAN wool prices rebounded as supply dropped this week, despite a stronger Australian dollar and a lack of new fleece business…Read More

Sheep Central, August 28, 2026

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