Woolgrowers, brokers, exporters and service providers from the national and Western Australian wool industry have come together to hold crisis talks on the future of our great industry following the devastating impacts of the live sheep export ban.

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Sheep producers across South Australia are invited to join four Sticky Beak Days this February to explore innovative yard and shed designs while gaining practical insights into flock structuring and farm finances.

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Thirty years of stud breeding along high performance lines will go under the hammer with the second stage dispersal of spring lambing ewes and 2024 autumn drop ewe lambs from the central Victorian Pepperton flock on February 26.

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The Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council has slammed the government’s new advertising campaign about the phase out of live sheep by sea as ‘wasteful and unnecessary’.

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Merino Fleece prices appreciated by a healthy 20 to 30c clean as exporters were keen to complete orders for January shipment before the break rather than wait unto the market opened on the 14th January 2025.

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The NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) has debunked industry claims of major impacts on the NSW industry due to the phase out of live sheep exports.

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Australian woolgrowers have voted to keep a levy of 1.5 per cent on wool sales to fund research, development and marketing of the natural fibre.

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Shearers will continue to work for poverty wages in unsafe shearing sheds across the country until the Commonwealth Government imposes a licensing regime on all labour hire companies operating in regional Australia the union which represents shearers, the Australian Workers’ Union, said.

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Merino fleece opened firm, on the back of reasonable quantities of 18.5 and coarser wool business being forward with competition continuing to firm across all merino fleece types as the week eventually closed. Merino Skirtings initially opened fully firm on last week’s levels however the best specified and prepared skirtings continued to increase in price […]

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The NSW Sheep and Goat eID Tag Discount Program provides a discount of $0.76 each (incl GST) for 2025 NLIS-accredited white eID devices when purchased from a retailer or manufacturer before 31 October 2025.

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The Albanese Labor Government is providing a further $32.7 million to the transition support package for the phase out of live sheep exports by sea.

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