A LACK of measureable timelines, milestones and deliverables in the WA Roadmap to 2028 for the Western Australian sheep industry has been noted by the state’s peak farmer body WAFarmers…Read More
FURTHER funding for the livestock transport sector and farm businesses has been announced under the Federal Government’s live sheep export transition program…Read More
Sheep Central, May 15, 2026
A DECISION by Elders to discontinue selling Western Australian clients’ wool in the state from July next year has been blamed on the Albanese Government’s phaseout of live sheep exports by sea…Read More
Terry Sim, April 10, 2026
THE Federal Government has announced more than $690,000 in the first round of funding to livestock transporters transitioning from the live sheep export industry…Read More
Sheep Central, March 23, 2026
A NEW life cycle assessment of Australia’s live sheep and cattle export industries has provided fresh insights into where emissions occur from paddock to overseas port…Read More
Sheep Central, March 12, 2026
WESTERN Australia’s sheep farmers are waiting to experience any direct benefits of the $139.8 million live sheep transition package while millions have already been spent on government expenses…Read More
Sheep Central, December 3, 2025
At LIVEXchange 2025 in Perth, three WA livestock export industry leaders reflected on the past 50 years of Western Australia’s sheep and cattle export trade while offering insights to help shape the industry’s future…Read More
Sheep Central, December 3, 2025
LESSONS learned during the hard-fought Keep the Sheep campaign will be called on again as the battle for the future of Australia’s livestock export industry shifts to cattle…Read More
James Nason, December 1, 2025
AMID a busy wheat harvest, second-round musters and a cyclone stalking Western Australia’s north, hundreds of livestock export industry stakeholders gathered in Perth yesterday for the sector’s two-day LIVEXchange conference…Read More
James Nason and Eric Barker, November 27, 2025
WESTERN Australian-based livestock exporter Emanuel Exports has confirmed it is preparing its first consignment of sheep and cattle for the 2025 live export season…Read More
Sheep Central, November 6, 2025
REGIONAL Western Australian internet provider CRISP Wireless will host a free online information night to help Western Australian sheep producers access federal live sheep transition support and grant funding…Read More
Sheep Central, November 5, 2025
REPORTS that Australia’s impending departure from live sheep exports by sea has benefited another global exporter has prompted contrasting reactions from current and former industry leaders…Read More
Terry Sim, October 22, 2025