PEAK wool grower body WoolProducers Australia is seeking nominations from industry people interested in real-time Foot and Mouth Disease training in Nepal…Read More
Sheep Central, August 19, 2019
AUSTRALIA’S wool production is forecast to hit its lowest level in almost 100 years this financial year, with market and seasonal conditions not indicating a quick turn-around…Read More
Sheep Central, August 16, 2019
SHEEP meat processors were active again on mainly light lambs and mutton sheep in a reduced online offering last week…Read More
Sheep Central, September 16, 2019
SHEEP carcase and eating quality trait breeding value accuracies are expected to be the biggest benefactors of a new multi-trait DNA test now available to Australian sheep producers…Read More
Sheep Central, September 16, 2019
MEAT & Livestock Australia has released a series of timely tips and tools for wool, sheep meat and commercial beef producers looking to buy high-performing sires to improve productivity in their flock or herd…Read More
Sheep Central, September 16, 2019
WESTERN Australian Merino sheep producers have been reminded to access the latest objective measurement information captured by the Yardstick sire evaluation project…Read More
Sheep Central, September 16, 2019
LIVE sheep shipments to the Middle East from Western Australia will resume this month after an extended trade moratorium amid increased concerns exporters are looking elsewhere for supplies…Read More
Terry Sim, September 13, 2019
AUSTRALIA’S wool market has staged a record turnaround following improvements in Chinese bank sector liquidity and reports of high American clothing retail demand and increased clothing imports from China to avoid tariff increases…Read More
Sheep Central, September 13, 2019
New laws that will strengthen farmer protections against escalating animal rights activism and harassment have passed the Federal Parliament, introducing tougher penalties for convictions…Read More
Colin Bettles, September 13, 2019
THE unprecedented volatility of Australia’s wool market over the last month has put strain right across the pipeline…Read More
Terry Sim, September 13, 2019
SHEEP producers who use alpacas as flock guardians against wild dogs and foxes are needed to help with a University of New England research study…Read More
Sheep Central, September 13, 2019
NEW South Wales remote work advocate, Jo Palmer, has won the 2019 AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award and $10,000 to help build a portal to connect employers with potential employees…Read More
Terry Sim, September 12, 2019