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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….
Labor’s live sheep trade ‘transition’ is leaving farmers behind
Oct 10, 2024 · Labor’s live sheep trade ‘transition’ is leaving farmers behind. Sheep Producers Australia CEO Bonnie Skinner October 10, 2024. TODAY marks three months since the legislation to end live sheep exports by sea by May 2028 came into effect. The industry and farmers remain in the dark about the Albanese Government’s transition plans and ...
Extra live sheep transition money still shy of industry demands
Sheep Central October 15, 2024. THE Albanese Labor Government will add $32.7 million to its $107m transition support package for the phaseout of live sheep exports by sea, but the total assistance is still well short of industry expectations. Minister Collins will be in Western Australia today to talk with producers and processors, as well as ...
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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.
Full value of MSA lamb grading to come from cuts-based model
Oct 18, 2024 · Meat & Livestock Australia estimated the MSA program delivered a record $326 million in estimated additional farm gate returns to MSA beef producers in 2023-24, up from the previous record of $259 million in 2022-23. The current MSA sheep meat system is carcase-based and does not apply a grade to the carcase or cuts per se, and lamb grid ...
Make your wool enterprise more profitable says AWI report
Sheep Central August 26, 2024. ANALYSIS of livestock operation benchmarking data indicates wool producers considering changing enterprises would be better served by quantifying and improving the production and financial performance in their existing business. In an Australian Wool Innovation-commissioned study – ‘Why stay in wool sheep?’.
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WESTERN Australia’s York family at Tammin is planning to rebuild its sheep numbers next year in order to ensure risk is spread in what looks like being another year of high input costs for cropping, and in the face of ongoing issues with herbicide resistance…. Read More. Liz Wells, December 2, 2022. Production.
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 ...
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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.
Organic probiotic success with lambs in feedlot trial
Sheep Central September 16, 2024. A SMALL-SCALE trial with an organic probiotic has resulted in a 25 percent increase in lamb liveweight gain, while also reducing methane intensity by 30pc. Australian listed company Terragen used auto-feeders placed in a paddock of 68 lambs supplemented with Dry MYLO® an organic probiotic produced by the company.