Wool Production

Sheep producer feedback needed in May intentions survey

THE latest Sheep Producer Intentions survey is now open for valued feedback from wool and lamb producers across Australia…Read More

Sheep Central, May 9, 2025

Bestwool Bestlamb and BetterBeef to hit the road in 2025

VICTORIA’S Bestwool/Bestlamb and BetterBeef networks will hold a series of roadshow events around the state this year rather than one central conference…Read More

Sheep Central, May 9, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: northern selling lifts as southern dry drags on

RAIN over the long weekend brought some relief to Victoria’s western districts and pockets of western New South Wales, but fell short of the widespread break forecast by the Bureau of Meteorology…Read More

Emma Alsop, May 5, 2025

Local farmers acquire Roma stockfeed business

ROMA-BASED beef producers Cam and Sharon Colley have taken over stockfeed manufacturer Top Country, signalling plans to grow the business and bring fresh ideas to its product range…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 30, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Southern growers eye forecast weekend rain

AFTER the Easter break delivered little of the rainfall needed to bolster planting confidence across southern New South Wales, western Victoria and South Australia, growers are once again pinning hopes on showers forecast for the weekend…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 24, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Dollar rebound pressures values

A REBOUND in the Australian dollar — up four cents from a low of below US60 cents — has pared back some of the recent gains in grain prices…Read More

Emma Alsop, April 22, 2025

Ridley exits SA with $22M sale of Wasleys mill to Baiada

AUSTRALIA’S largest stockfeed miller, Ridley Corporation, has agreed to sell its Wasleys Feedmill in South Australia to poultry meat producer Baiada for $22 million…Read More

Sheep Central, April 22, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Weak Aussie dollar lifts values

A DROP in the Australian dollar to below US60 cents last week has rekindled export demand and prompted consumers to lift their bids by up $5-$10 per tonne in the southern wheat and barley markets in order to compete…Read More

Liz Wells, April 14, 2025

MLA opens call for new Producer Demonstration Site projects

MEAT & Livestock Australia is calling for new applications for Producer Demonstration Sites to kick off from the end of 2025…Read More

Sheep Central, April 14, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Market ingests wet north, dry south

SOAKING rain over much of Queensland’s grain-growing areas and northern New South Wales last week has set the northern region up for a strong and early start to its winter cropping program…Read More

Liz Wells, April 7, 2025

South Australian roundtable to unlock drought assistance

THE SOUTH Australian Government last week convened a roundtable to guide the next phase of its drought support package as the state’s primary producers remain in the grips of what for many is the driest period in living memory…Read More

Liz Wells, April 7, 2025

Dohnes get data on wool, carcase, eating quality and reproduction

A COMPREHENSIVE sire evaluation trial rated as ‘gold standard’ has provided evidence-based data on the Dohne breed’s profitable wool, carcase, reproduction and eating quality traits…Read More

Sheep Central, April 7, 2025

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