Numbers increased this week at the South Eastern Livestock Exchange, Yass, with a total yarding of 16,758, which comprised of 7,029 sucker lambs.

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The AWEX EMI closed the week on 1,331 maintaining its 64 week high set at auction sales in Australia.

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Genetic research into the heritability of flystrike susceptibility in sheep, and its expression in different operating environments, is set to be incorporated into new tools to assist breeders make more informed selection and flock management decisions.

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Livestock Biosecurity Network is running footrot accreditation and training in conjunction with University of Melbourne Veterinary School’s Mackinnon Project, Livestock Contractors Association (LCA) and Goulburn Ovens Institute (GO-TAFE).

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In the lead up to spring ram sales, the NSW Farmers' Sheepmeat and Wool committees are reminding producers to be vigilant about Ovine Brucellosis and other animal disease when buying or selling sheep.

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The AWEX EMI closed the week 13c higher to finish on 1,331c at auction sales in Australia. Just over 34,000 bales went under the hammer this week challenged by a rising AUD against the US$ (+29USc) obviously was not enough to meet the demand.

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Recent outbreaks of footrot in areas that have been thought to be free for over 20 years, is a timely warning to be vigilant and make biosecurity part of the way you run your business.

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At the close of Wednesday’s markets, the eastern states restocker lamb indicator averaged 10¢ dearer on 605¢/kg cwt.

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During September Australia exported 10,658 tonnes swt of mutton, back 15% year-on-year, while for the year-to-September (97,563 tonnes swt) shipments are down just 9% - bolstered by higher trade earlier in the year.

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The Merino Lifetime Productivity (MLP) Project is a partnership between AWI and AMSEA (sire evaluation) which aims to better understand the factors that influence the lifetime productivity of the Merino.

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Commercial Merino producers have the opportunity to be at the cutting edge of DNA research by participating in a pilot trial of the new Flock Profiling Test from the Cooperative Research Centre for Sheep Industry Innovation (Sheep CRC).

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