Wool Production

Feedgrain Focus: Export, consumer, grazier demand lifts values

VALUES have lifted this week as sorghum exports kick into gear, and bids to growers climb lift to entice volume out of on-farm storages and depots…Read More

Liz Wells, March 24, 2025

National Feedbase Summary 20 March 2025

TOTAL standing dry matter seasonal rankings for March 2025 highlight shifting pasture trends across Australia, with notable improvements in some regions and ongoing challenges in others…Read More

Al Rayner, Cibo Labs, March 21, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum lifts on tariff fall-out

SORGHUM values have jumped this week on expectations of increased demand from China in the wake of its tariff on US sorghum…Read More

Liz Wells, March 17, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum lifted as cyclone neared Brisbane

THE sorghum market has firmed in response to news that China is imposing a tariff on United States sorghum, while wheat and barley price moves in the northern and southern markets have been mixed and moderate…Read More

Liz Wells, March 9, 2025

WA lotfeeder puts the case for non-mulesed Merino lambs

WESTERN Australian lamb lotfeeder Geoff Bilney prefers non-mulesed Merinos over the more commonly mulesed lambs and can see a day when lamb processors will demand that lambs not have the breech modification…Read More

Terry Sim, March 7, 2025

National Feedbase Summary 3 March 2025

AUSTRALIA’s feedbase remains highly variable, with recent rainfall, temperature extremes and storms influencing green standing dry matter and total standing dry matter levels…Read More

Al Rayner, Cibo Labs, March 4, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum moves to port, south booking fertiliser

PRICE moves for feed wheat and barley have been mixed and moderate in the past week as the supply chain for export sorghum gears up ahead of the season’s first cargo…Read More

Liz Wells, March 3, 2025

Major NSW wool grower laments lack of productivity focus

THE PROMOTION versus productivity debate is alive and festering in Australia’s wool industry, and was highlighted at recent industry group consultation meetings with the grower levy and taxpayer-funded Australian Wool Innovation…Read More

Terry Sim, February 28, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Northern bids jump to draw out volume

NORTHERN wheat and barley values have jumped in the past week in response to a firming international market and rising bids from consumers needing to extend coverage…Read More

Liz Wells, February 24, 2025

Australian Wool Innovation and friends hold the line on marketing

AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation and supporters have stood firmly behind the levy-funded company’s marketing and promotion activities in two meetings with industry group representatives last week…Read More

Terry Sim, February 17, 2025

More cropping in WA as sheep leave farms

FEWER sheep is meaning more land going into cropping in Western Australia, according to the Grain Industry Association of WA…Read More

Sheep Central, February 17, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: SA demand lifts barley values

A TIGHTENING feed situation in South Australia has lifted bids for up-country barley by up to $15 per tonne in the past week as the hotspot in a flat to slightly firmer market for white grains…Read More

Liz Wells, February 17, 2025

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