Sheep

Young finalists vie for sheep and wool industry scholarship

Published February 29, 2016
Three young people from southern NSW have been announced as finalists in the sheep industry’s prestigious Peter Westblade Scholarship. Yerong Creek’s Josh Molloy, Manning Doughty, of Hay, and Emily Anderson, Binda, were chosen from a total of 24 applicants from NSW, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania by a panel of industry judges.

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Chinese back off wool market as Aussie dollar strengthens

Published February 26, 2016
The AWEX EMI closed the week on 1,268c at Auction sales in Australia this week. The downward correction, a substantial 17c, was mainly experienced on the opening days of the sale with some consolidation and slowing of the trend evident on Thursday.

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Light, trade and heavy lambs all increase in price as buyer interest rises

Published February 23, 2016
At the close of Tuesday’s markets the eastern states restocker lamb indicator increased 2¢ to 549¢/kg cwt. Merino lambs lost 2¢ to 495¢/kg cwt, light lambs were up 8¢ to 526¢/kg cwt, trade lambs were up 3¢, to 537¢/kg cwt, heavy lambs increased 5¢ to 534¢/kg cwt and the mutton indicator was 8¢ dearer on 311¢/kg cwt.

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New technical guide released on improving lamb lean meat yield

Published February 23, 2016
The sheep industry has a new tool to bolster its bottom line, by producers improving the lean meat yield obtained from each carcase and processors and retailers saving time in preparing meat for sale. The lean meat yield (LMY) of a lamb carcase is a direct driver of profit for producers, processors and retailers alike and a new industry manual has been released to assist the supply chain to extract maximum value from this important measure.

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Australian lamb export value reaches record of $1.75 billion

Published February 22, 2016
Australian lamb export values for 2015 reached a value of A$1.78 billion FOB, 5% above 2014 and 44% above the five year average (Australian Bureau of Statistics). The average unit value for Australian lamb exports during 2015 averaged $7.10/kg – up 4% year-on-year.

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Sheepmeat Council of Australia praises outgoing minister Warren Truss

Published February 21, 2016
The Australian Sheepmeat industry welcomed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s new ministry and praised the efforts of outgoing Ministers Warren Truss and Andrew Robb. The Sheepmeat Council of Australia CEO Mark Harvey-Sutton, welcomed the news that Barnaby Joyce will continue in the role of Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources after being appointed Leader of the National Party and Deputy Prime Minister.

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Realistic future for lamb to be explored by guest speaker at LambEx

Published February 21, 2016
DELEGATES will get a glimpse of Australia’s lamb industry in 20 years’ time when futurist Paul Higgins takes the stage as the first keynote speaker at LambEx 2016 in Albury, New South Wales, in August this year. Paul has worked across many facets of the livestock supply chain as a cattle vet, pork farmer, abattoir manager and agribusiness consultant.

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