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6 days ago · Sheep Central, November 6, 2024. Australia wins shearing and wool handling trans-Tasman tests. A GALLANT bid to claim New Zealand’s first trans-Tasman machine shearing test win in Australia since 2010 has again fallen short with a defeat by almost 29 points in the series’ 50th anniversary match in Western Australia….
New national livestock saleyards association formed
Sheep Central October 13, 2024. Australia’s livestock saleyards will be represented by a single national body. A NEW national saleyards organisation has been formed after lengthy negotiations between the sector’s two main representative bodies. The Australian Livestock Saleyards Association this morning announced that its member saleyards ...
New National Vendor Declarations now available - Sheep Central
Sheep Central July 2, 2020. SHEEP, cattle and goat producers and other value chain stakeholders are reminded that new versions of the Livestock Production Assurance National Vendor Declarations for all species are now available, identified by version number 0720. The LPA NVD communicates the food safety and treatment status of every animal ...
Sheep & Wool Markets News - Sheep Central
New season lamb prices average $3 higher on AuctionsPlus. NEW season lamb prices lifted slightly on AuctionsPlus last week and 77 percent of the 46,400 head offered were sold…. Read More. Sheep Central, November 4, 2024. Wool Market Reports.
Shearing Contractors Association of Australia. www.scaa.org.au Enquiries: call 0412 600 586 email: [email protected]. +15%. SCAA Recommended Pay Rate Schedule as at 1 Feb 2020 based on Pastoral Award +15%. print edition 20210127. ( See PASTORAL Award for Actual Award rates )Ba. ed on Award Rates below Effective from 1 Nov.
New Zealand records lowest sheep:people ratio since 1850s
May 24, 2023 · NZ Stats general manager of economic and environment insights Jason Attewell said the ratio of sheep to people dropped below five to one in 2022, for the first time since the 1850s, when national sheep numbers were first recorded. “In 1982, New Zealand sheep numbers famously sat at 22 per person. “Australia currently has three times as many ...
Australian Sheep & Wool News - Sheep Central
6 days ago · Agriculture lending on the rise as farmers invest on-farm. LENDING to the farm sector increased 6 percent to $120.5 billion in 2022-23, according to the latest agricultural lending statistics provided by the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority. .. Read More. Sheep Central, November 13, 2024. News.
Fletcher embarks on $14.5m expansion of Dubbo sheep plant
Jun 1, 2021 · Member for the Dubbo electorate Dugald Saunders said a $4.5 million grant from the New South Wales Government’s Regional Job Creation Fund will help deliver a $14 million expansion of the company’s plant at Dubbo. Fletcher International Exports director Roger Fletcher said the funding would help the plant reach its processing capacity to ...
Growers surge into WoolClip digital platform - Sheep Central
Jan 11, 2023 · Growers surge into WoolClip digital platform. Sheep Central January 11, 2023. The use of WoolClip surged in 2022. Photo – Melanie Kate Photography. UPTAKE of Australia’s world-leading digital on-farm wool platform surged last …
Sheep shearing catch-and-drag made easy - Sheep Central
Mar 28, 2022 · The automatic catch-and-drag module. Source – Haynes Engineering. As previously announced in the September 2021 edition of Beyond the Bale, an automatic module is under development that contains a pneumatically powered delivery section that, at the press of a button, moves out from the race and then tilts the sheep into a position suitable for the shearer to then easily retrieve the animal.