FINE wool prices increased mostly in Sydney and Melbourne auctions this week, but the market generally recorded an overall loss…Read More
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
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
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
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
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
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’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
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
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
COALITION opposition to the Australia-European Free Trade Agreement has prompted Trade and Tourism Minister Don Farrell to appeal for business support for its ratification by Federal Parliament…Read More
Sheep Central, August 26, 2026
BIDS for wheat and barley in the northern region have dropped by up to $15 per tonne this week, despite production prospects sliding for most of its crops as they near maturity…Read More
Liz Wells, August 24, 2026