Sheep producer to chair PGA Livestock Committee
The Pastoralists and Graziers’ Association has appointed Chris Patmore to replace Digby Stretch as PGA Livestock Committee Chair.
Sheep
Wool, lamb, and Merino genetics, covering what's shaping Australia's sheep industry.
Call for on and off farm research proposals
Australian Wool Innovation has announced its annual Call for Proposals for organisations interested in On-farm and Off-farm research and development projects.
Move sheep to low risk paddocks in bushfire season
With the arrival of summer Hunter Local Land Services is urging landholders to plan how they will to protect their livestock from bush fires.
Wool cuts per head up this year thanks to good season
The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee (AWPFC) has revised its forecast of shorn wool production for the 2016/17 season to 332 million kilograms greasy, a 2.2% increase on its final estimate for the 2015/16 season.
Six shearers prosecuted over animal welfare incidents
Victorian authorities have successfully prosecuted the first of six shearers they allege were depicted abusing sheep in a video released by animal welfare activists in 2014.
Bare shorn wethers top at $120 and mutton market firm
There was a record yarding at SELX of 34,901 sheep and lambs, consisting of 24,420 lambs and 10,481 sheep.
RamSelect app a winner for commercial producers
Keeping detailed and accurate ram team records has driven a flock transformation for Kangaroo Island Merino breeder Keith Bolto and proved why the new features offered on the RamSelect Plus app are a winner for commercial producers.
Heavy sucker lambs remain fully firm in market
The 12 foundation agents yarded a SELX record of 32,979 for the Prime Sheep & Lamb
Superfine wool producers experience glimmer of hope
The AWEX EMI fell 29c at auction sales in Australia this week.
Fourth consecutive year of sale yard indicators on a rise
The Australian lamb market has gone from strength to strength over the last few years, and 2016 has been no exception.
Domestic market accounts for 48 per cent of production
Lower lamb marking rates and fewer ewes joined has led to MLA’s forecast for Australian lamb slaughter to decline in 2017, and the result will cascade to lower production and exports.
Animal welfare practices turning off wool processors
A perception by brands the Australian wool industry’s animal welfare practices are not up to acceptable standards has seen some Merino wool processors bypass the country to source wool from New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina.
