Sheep Producers Australia and Cattle Australia welcomed an announcement by the Cook Government of a $8.6 million funding package to support Western Australian producers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The NSW Government has committed a further $1.4 million to support eligible saleyards in their preparations for Sheep & Goat electronic identification (eID).
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.
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.
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.…
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.