Seasonal and market conditions producer survey extended to next week
Sheep Producers Australia, Cattle Australia, and Western Dairy have made the decision to extend the 2024 WA Seasonal and Market Conditions Producer Survey*, now closing next Wednesday 8 May 2024.
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Wool market resembles a game of snakes and ladders with gains and losses
| The wool market behaviour has resembled a “snakes and ladders” pattern over the past fortnight as the previous two sales accrued a 30c gain in the EMI and in one week it gave back 20c of the initial gains.
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Merino fleece, skirtings and cardings close the week slightly dearer
Merino Fleece closed last week 15-45c dearer, however the MPG rises measured on Tuesday were 25-57c in Sydney as the Chinese indents and large Chinese topmakers traders competed to cover their orders.
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Farmers welcome listening ear on industry concerns over mandated traceability
NSW Farmers has thanked the state government for listening to industry concerns around mandated traceability reforms following the announcement of a new scheme to provide discounted eID tags to sheep and goat farmers in NSW.
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Super sized program released for world’s biggest sheep, lamb and wool forum
The world’s biggest sheep, lamb and wool forum, LambEx is returning to the fold with a powerful bang, releasing an impressive and supersized program that is designed to inspire, advocate and innovate.
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Eligible saleyards can access a further $1.4 million in funds for transition to eID
The NSW Government has committed a further $1.4 million to support eligible saleyards in their preparations for Sheep & Goat electronic identification (eID).
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Merino fleece winning almost bullish support from China’s largest topmakers
What a difference a week makes from last week the merino fleece getting almost bullish support albeit coming from a low price base.
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US imports of Australian lamb lift by 50 per cent on last year
Australian exports of lamb lifted 36% in March from 2023 levels to 30,707 tonnes with the largest export market remaining the United States, where exports lifted 50% from last year to 7,336 tonnes.
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Widespread lack of confidence in wool pipeline affecting superfine wools
| Merino Fleece has been the focus area of poor demand from our customer with the rebasing of price each week reflecting a widespread lack of confidence throughout the pipeline in each of our major markets.
This has caused the price… |
Merino skirtings not feeling the same pain as Merino fleece in market
| Merino Fleece felt the full brunt of the market’s downward price recalibration and was exacerbated by the price disparity between selling centres from the previous week.
The market opened 20-50c cheaper in the north and 10-25c cheaper in the South.… |
LambEx returns to agricultural calendar with early bird registrations
It has been six long years but the pinnacle in Australian sheep, lamb and wool – LambEx – finally returns to the agricultural calendar with early bird registrations opening.
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Merino market opens with unexpected flurry and Sydney closes in positive territory
| Merino Fleece: focusing on the Northern region market, which opened an unexpected flurry of competition from the indent operators pushing up the MPG’s up to 37c for the day.
Unfortunately, this was short lived with the end-of-week close for the… |