Wool Production

WoolProducers Australia seeks a footrot vaccine collaborator

WOOLPRODUCERS Australia is leading a push to find a company to help register and manufacture a footrot vaccine for the nation’s sheep producers…Read More

Sheep Central, September 14, 2026

Feedgrain Focus: South feels weight of new crop

WHEAT and barley prices fell in the south last week, while northern rates have firmed as quality and production prospects deteriorate for the southern Queensland crop…Read More

Liz Wells, September 14, 2026

WA sheep producers and processors access transition grants

WESTERN Australian sheep producers and processors have been awarded grants in the second round of $40 million Supply Chain Capacity Program as part of government funding from the live sheep export transition package…Read More

Sheep Central, September 14, 2026

New Zealand sheep and wool production expected to fall

NEW Zealand’s sheep meat and wool production is expected to fall over the next 12 months, according to Beef + Lamb NZ’s New Season Outlook for 2026-2027…Read More

Sheep Central, September 14, 2026

Wool medal winners span science, genetics and analysis

LEADERS in wool industry analysis, services and genetics featured in the Australian Wool Industry Medal presentations in Melbourne last week…Read More

Sheep Central, September 11, 2026

Growers hold bales back as auction wool prices drift lower

AUSTRALIA’S wool auction market drifted lower this week, prompting brokers to pass in 10 percent of growers’ bales initially catalogued for sale…Read More

Sheep Central, September 11, 2026

Sheep Producers Australia ducks as Future Flock reports ire grows

GOVERNMENT and state farming organisation scrutiny of Sheep Producers Australia’s Future Flock Strategy process is increasing after the release of two flawed taxpayer-funded reports last week…Read More

Terry Sim, September 9, 2026

SA sheep producer steps up to investigate drought strategies

SOUTH Australian sheep producer Angus Smith will travel the world as a Nuffield Australia scholar to investigate how successful livestock businesses recover from drought and other natural disasters…Read More

Sheep Central, September 9, 2026

Livestock 2026 to focus on turning AI into real farm value

‘FROM Data to Dollars: Turning AI into Real Farm Value’ will be the theme of the Livestock 2026 conference in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, next month…Read More

Sheep Central, September 9, 2026

Charlie wants to see more young talent in the wool industry

NUTRIEN wool rehandle manager Charlie Kidman has been awarded the inaugural Peter Morgan Award by the Private Treaty Merchants of Australia…Read More

Terry Sim, September 7, 2026

Sydney-born Jack finds a passion for wool in the bush

NEW South Wales wool broker Jack Finch was crowned the 2026 National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia Young Wool Broker of the Year last week…Read More

Terry Sim, September 7, 2026

Feedgrain Focus: Grower selling picks up as heat rises

GROWER selling has picked up ahead of the start of harvest in areas south of Central Queensland, where headers are already rolling in this first week of spring…Read More

Liz Wells, September 7, 2026

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