A SIX-MINUTE Australian Wool Innovation Woolmark video highlighting the plight of drought-stricken Australian wool growers has given international industry stakeholders a unique insight into the reasons behind the nation’s falling clip…Read More
YOUNG New South Wales wool classer Tahlia Delaney is not expecting to have any trouble filling her shed work schedule this autumn and into winter…Read More
Terry Sim, April 23, 2019
A SERIES of cold fronts has tracked across southern Australia, producing moderate falls in some areas. Onshore flow, and an upper level low and surface trough brought moderate falls to parts of eastern Australia…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, April 24, 2019
GOATS were offered on the the AuctionsPlus online saleyard platform for the first time since 2016 last week…Read More
Sheep Central, April 24, 2019
DOHNE sheep stolen from near Orange a week ago have been found shorn after a post on the Rural Crime-NSW Police Force Facebook page was shared more than 200 times…Read More
Sheep Central, April 24, 2019
ONLINE wool buying strengthened last week as Australia’s physical auction market lifted last week, with 268 bales selling on AuctionsPlus…Read More
Sheep Central, April 24, 2019
PRE-EASTER buying lifted prices for fine and Medium Merino wool in Melbourne auctions and crossbred lines nationally this week…Read More
Sheep Central, April 18, 2019
SOME of the most honest and priceless feedback comes from employees that are leaving an organisation. Although it is typically too late to save that employee, they can provide helpful information for managers to consider improving the work environment for others…Read More
Sheep Central, April 18, 2019
VICTORIAN engineer turned entrepreneur Jock Lawrence has returned home to his farming roots on a mission to simplify the farm management recording system. ..Read More
Sheep Central, April 18, 2019
SHEEP Producers Australia has proposed an independent analysis of Victoria’s mandatory electronic ear tag identification system for sheep and goats prior to consideration of its national roll-out…Read More
Sheep Central, January 30, 2019
“SMART” New South Wales farmers who usually sell sheep and lambs into Victoria will be putting electronic ear tags in their livestock, Victorian Farmers Federation Livestock president Leonard Vallance said today…Read More
Terry Sim, December 12, 2018
Have you ever stood back at the enormous milk section in a Coles or Woolworths and thought ‘woah, where do I start’? Well, imagine if you had never tasted milk. You front up to the fridges and become overwhelmed with the labels, colours, brands and claims all over the place. The same experience could be said for looking at the spectrum of Australian based farm management software programs now available to producers…Read More
Jon Condon, November 29, 2018