Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) has welcomed the Australian Government’s commitment to pursue the amendments required to change the definition of lamb to be consistent with New Zealand as the first step in creating an international standard.

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Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud will change the definition of lamb for export purposes, matching the New Zealand definition and removing the unfair advantage NZ producers had over our farmers.

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The AWEX EMI closed on 1781c – up 5c at auction sales in Australia last week.

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Easy Drench, the on-farm concept pitched by a team from the University of Tasmania has won the 2018 Australian eChallenge Wool Innovation.

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For the week ending 9 November, lamb yardings across the eastern states fell significantly from the previous week.

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A network of producers and advisers has been developed to support farmers make the most of technologies such as the web-based RamSelect tool and DNA Flock Profile testing from the Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation (Sheep CRC).

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Merino wether lambs sold from $51.50 to $123 with an average of $88, down $10 on last week on AuctionsPlus.

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The AWEX EMI closed on 1776c – down 78c at auction sales in Australia.

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New season lambs in Victoria are beginning to enter the market in earnest – last week’s saleyard throughput more than doubled from a fortnight ago to 80,000 head.

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Validation trials have proven that sheep producers using ASKBILL are receiving highly accurate forecasts of pasture production and animal growth well in advance of key management decisions.

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Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) has detailed its Review of Performance (ROP) implementation plan for all 82 recommendations in the independent ROP.

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Merino wether lambs sold from $50 to $142.5 with an average of $98, up $2 on the previous week on AuctionsPlus.

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