NEW season hay is just around the corner, and not before time, to replenish what by all accounts is the lowest ever stock level of hay in south-eastern Australia, due to a brutally dry 2024 and early 2025, unprecedented demand from floods, drought and high livestock prices…Read More
Liz Wells, September 15, 2025
SHEEP producers were urged to focus on creating more animals over the next five years because national flock estimates over recent years have been overstated, consultant Jason Trompf has told a BestWool BestLamb Better Beef Roadshow workshop at Dunkeld…Read More
ABARES Farmland Price Indicator 2024 data puts the national wheat-sheep zone figure at a record high of $8072.77/ha, while the cropping land indicator eased over the year to $8309.12/ha…Read More
Sheep Central, March 27, 2025
HAY-MAKING is off to an unusually early start in parts of South Australia and western Victoria, where some cereal and canola crops will not make it to harvest…Read More
Liz Wells, September 19, 2024
ABOUT a third of the hay produced in southern Australia this season won’t be able to be sold through Feed Central’s consignment system after being left uncovered and damaged by rain…Read More
Sheep Central, February 9, 2024
A RESOURCE for farmers intending to graze crop stubble has had a timely update by Agriculture Victoria as the state’s grain harvest draws to a close and following recent rainfall…Read More
Sheep Central, January 17, 2024
Sheep producers impacted by variable seasonal conditions have been encouraged to have a plan and consider options to manage flock condition and capture market opportunities over coming months…Read More
Sheep Central, September 11, 2023
THE winter grain harvest has once again been plagued by consistent wet weather and flooding, with high yields and plenty of downgrades reported across large areas. By all reports, most..Read More
Eric Barker, December 16, 2022
NEW South Wales Police’s Rural Crime Prevention Team is investigating the theft of almost 300 sheep near Harden recently…Read More
Sheep Central, December 12, 2022
THE importance of tail length and best practice pain relief in sheep to minimise breech flystrike and other animal health issues was highlighted at a recent seminar at Dunkeld in Victoria…Read More
Lisa Warn, project manager for the MLA PDS project 'Towards non-mulesed sheep', December 7, 2022
AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation has been called out on its lack of targets on mulesing, non-mulesed wool production and sheep welfare, in an animal welfare group submission to the Australian National Audit Office…Read More
Terry Sim, November 30, 2022
Demand for yarn made from Australian wool has surged, and is offering growers a chance to become a known part of the supply chain…Read More
Liz Wells, September 16, 2022