Sheep producers have the opportunity to learn how to utilise genetic selection in their sheep flock to increase efficiency of genetic gain during a webinar tomorrow hosted by North West Local Land Services, in collaboration with Central West Local Land Services.

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The United Kingdom has granted Australian and New Zealand shearers an exemption to travel for work and support a shearing labour shortage and it will be interesting to see if Australian shearers take up the offer.

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Crossbred lambs were steady last week, at $168/head, with a 91% clearance rate for the 3,685 head offered on AuctionsPlus.

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After the previous week's higher market, prices movements last week were varied, with falls for the largest lines of Merino wether and crossbred lambs, while SIL first cross ewes averaged $52/head higher.

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The AWEX Eastern Market Indicator rose by 9c on Tuesday and a further 6c on Wednesday, seeing the selling week close out at 1,300c, representing a proportional increase of 15c from last week’s figures or 989c in US dollars.

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This campaign includes the development of a handbook that covers the areas of animal health, welfare, biosecurity, traceability, sustainability, clip preparation and quality assurance.

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One of the highlight sales for the week was the transaction of 30 Australian White future breeder ewe lambs, out of Oberon NSW, at $563/head – the second highest lamb price on record for AuctionPlus.

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The AWEX Eastern Market Indicator rose by 6c on Tuesday and a further 2c on Wednesday to close out the selling week at 1,285c/kg, or 977c in US dollar terms.

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Australian Wool Innovation shareholders will have the opportunity to vote on changes to the AWI Constitution that will put limits on the tenure of directors.

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For the first time in 4 weeks the EMI fell below 1300c as the 48,409 bale offering came under some price pressure from early in the sale series.

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The large jump in crossbred and Merino wether lambs had prices back slightly for both categories, with crossbred lambs averaging $161 for the week – down $9/head on last week.

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The AWEX Eastern Market Indicator rose 7c on Wednesday but fell 8c on Thursday, closing out the selling week at 1,309c/kg greasy, or 1,014c/kg in US dollar terms.

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