A NEW fund to foster young scientific talent working on animal breeding research has been launched by the Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit in honour of renowned mentor the late Professor Andrew Swan…Read More
Sheep Central, October 6, 2026
BARLEY prices dropped by up to $10 per tonne last week as modest new-crop volume starts to filter into the hungry northern market, and patchy rain helps to underpin yield prospects in the south…Read More
Liz Wells, October 5, 2026
NEW Zealand’s trans-Tasman shearing and wool handling team will have two new members after two surprise wins at the national Merino championships in Alexandra on Friday and Saturday…Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, October 5, 2026
MORE Australian wool growers held back bales from sale this week as buyers collectively pulled auction market prices back…Read More
Sheep Central, October 2, 2026
WOOL producers will hear the latest on the world’s leading certification scheme for non-mulesed production – the Responsible Wool Standard — at the Elmore Machinery Field Days in Victoria next week…Read More
Sheep Central, October 2, 2026
CHINA’S wool processing trade was told farm production costs and other viable land use options meant any Australian fibre production increase would be incremental at current prices, at the Nanjing Wool Market Conference this month…Read More
WOOL supply scarcity has handed Australian growers the strongest position they have had in years, but how they use it matters, WoolProducers Australia chief executive officer Jo Hall concludes in her latest blog after attending the Nanjing Wool Market Conference…Read More
By WoolProducers Australia CEO Jo Hall., September 30, 2026
A SHRINKING production outlook and expensive fuel have seen northern values jump last week, but southern prices have dropped in response to consolidating crop prospects and softer global wheat values…Read More
Liz Wells, September 28, 2026
THE scope of the Australian Wool Education Trust’s scholarships and grants has been broadened and a new $10,000 scholarship is being launched to encourage international study…Read More
Sheep Central, September 23, 2026
CHANGES introduced to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act late last year do not amount to a ban on land clearing, National Environment Protection Agency representatives told a series of producer information days in Queensland last week…Read More
James Nason, September 23, 2026
DRY conditions, including some widespread frost, were the domestic contributors to a lift in values for wheat and barley last week…Read More
Liz Wells, September 21, 2026
RENEWED interest European and India wool buyers tempered the fall in the Australian auction market this week…Read More
Sheep Central, September 18, 2026