SHEEP DNA services delivery to the Australian industry will continue next month under a new arrangement finalised today…Read More
GENOMICS and DNA testing are estimated to boost the Australian sheep industry’s value to the economy by more than $121 million by 2029, a Sheep CRC-funded analysis has found…Read More
Sheep Central, March 15, 2019
A NEED for greater transparency about Australian Merino wool production, marketing and sheep welfare trends – especially mulesing and pain relief — has been highlighted in a recent German television and newspaper investigation…Read More
Terry Sim, March 6, 2019
YOUNG wool growers and sheep industry professionals were provided with lifelong mentors and networks at a training and mentoring weekend this month…Read More
Sheep Central, February 25, 2019
PREGNANCY scanning results indicate that despite 50 years of storage, semen collected from four rams in 1968 is as fertile as the day it was frozen – demonstrating that long-term frozen storage of sperm is safe and reliably preserves genetics for future use, not just for agriculture but also human medicine…Read More
Australian Wool Innovation, February 20, 2019
MERINO sheep, Angora goat and alpaca breeders around the world have expressed their condolences on the passing of revolutionary Merino breeding and wool scientist Dr Jim Watts. Dr Watts, 69,..Read More
Terry Sim, February 13, 2019
MERINO research organisation MerinoLink has appointed well-known shearing contractor sector leader Jason Letchford as its new chief executive officer…Read More
Sheep Central, February 7, 2019
SHEEP genetic testing is booming in Australia as genomic test costs come down and uptake of new sampling technology improves…Read More
Sheep Central, February 4, 2019
AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation and Meat & Livestock Australia have agreed on the terms to allow analysis of Merino Lifetime Productivity Project data for inclusion in the national genetic benchmarking service MERINOSELECT…Read More
Terry Sim, December 17, 2018
A NEW report detailing performance data from 73 Merino bloodlines will give a reliable indication of potential bloodline profitability, according to the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries…Read More
Sheep Central, December 3, 2018
SHEEP producers needing help managing ram selection and progeny data and using digital tools will welcome a new advisory network established recently…Read More
Sheep Central, November 26, 2018
SHEEP and wool industry ‘young guns’ were firmly in the spotlight at the recent MerinoLink annual conference, with the innovative ‘Hour of Power’…Read More
Sheep Central, July 6, 2018