RELIABLE and accurate technology to measure intramuscular fat in live sheep and lambs would be welcomed in Australia, according to leading seedstock producer and high eating quality lamb marketer Tom Bull…Read More
Terry Sim, November 27, 2024
AUSTRALIA’S online mobile tool for describing and consigning wool clips – WoolClip — has shown it can dramatically increase completion of the important National Wool Declaration…Read More
Sheep Central, November 25, 2024
AUSTRALIA’S peak shearing contractor body has given qualified support to a union proposal for a national industry employer regulator, but rejects a ‘poverty wages’ claim…Read More
Sheep Central, November 22, 2024
NEWLY-MINTED world record holder New South Wales shearer Nikki Lyons believes one day a woman will be crowned the world’s best shearer…Read More
Terry Sim, November 20, 2024
A HANDHELD microwave-based device that can non-invasively measure intramuscular fat in lamb carcases has recently achieved AUS-MEAT accreditation – paving the way towards the development of premium lamb brands…Read More
THE Australian Meat Industry Council has announced the appointment of its general manager of industry affairs, Tim Ryan, as interim chief executive officer while it undertakes the process of selecting the next permanent CEO…Read More
Sheep Central, November 6, 2024
A GALLANT bid to claim New Zealand’s first trans-Tasman machine shearing test win in Australia since 2010 has again fallen short with a defeat by almost 29 points in the series’ 50th anniversary match in Western Australia…Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand., October 28, 2024
NEW Zealand’s shearing and wool handling team is gathering in Western Australia this weekend hopeful of a rare clean sweep of the trans-Tasman machine shearing, blade shearing and wool handling..Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, October 25, 2024
AUSTRALIAN lamb producers are putting more lambs through Meat Standards Australia pathways to boost eating quality for consumers — more than 2.37 million lambs in 2023-24. However, Australia’s MSA..Read More
Sheep Central, October 18, 2024
DUBBO shearing contractor Steven Mudford became the only person to hold three world shearing record simultaneously when he took the wool off 421 Merino wethers in nine hours on Saturday…Read More
Sheep Central, October 14, 2024
WIDER payment of lambs on eating quality traits is supported by the organisers and winners of the Central Murray BestWool Bestlamb Hoof and Hook Carcase Competition…Read More
Sheep Central, October 14, 2024
RESEARCHERS at the University of Southern Queensland are advancing the development of automated meat cutting technologies, teaching robots to ‘feel’ their way around a meat sample the way a boner or slicer does in the workplace…Read More
Sheep Central, October 10, 2024