Category: Sheep

PEAK wool grower body WoolProducers Australia is seeking nominations from industry people interested in real-time Foot and Mouth Disease training in Nepal. Source: Sheep Central WoolProducers seeks new Foot and Mouth Disease trainees

PRICES improved for a reduced online sheep and lamb offering on AuctionsPlus last week, with numbers falling 9000 to 49,800 head. Source: Sheep Central Sheep and lamb prices lift for reduced AuctionsPlus offering

ELDERS wool technical co-ordinator and auctioneer Samantha Wan has undertaken an array of industry roles while taking her company service role to new levels in technological development. Source: Sheep Central Elders wool co-ordinator Sam Wan takes service to new level

WOOL growers, brokers and exporters have condemned comments by Australian Wool Innovation chief executive officer Stuart McCullough that the industry might consider an emergency strategy or mechanism to manage bale sales. Source: Sheep Central AWI CEO McCullough condemned for wool sale mechanism comment

THE wool forward market could provide no solace for buyers nor sellers this week, with the rate of auction price decline leaving sellers out of range and buyers unable to establish an offshore basis. Source: Sheep Central Wool market drop leaves forward marketers faltering

AUSTRALIAN Wool Network’s Russell Macgugan has taken a forward-looking approach to wool marketing in his eight years as a broker, with a strong focus on innovative development of the Merino… Source: Sheep Central Russell blends innovation and skills to market wool and sheep

MORE than half the wool scheduled to sell at Australian auctions this week went unsold as growers balked at the biggest market downturn in more than 10 years. Source: Sheep Central Wool sellers balk at auction price drops of up to 200 cents

AUSTRALIA’S wool production is forecast to hit its lowest level in almost 100 years this financial year, with market and seasonal conditions not indicating a quick turn-around. Source: Sheep Central Australia’s wool production tipped to hit lowest level in 95 years

Australia’s wool growers are on the front line of the trade war between the US and China, with falling demand and crashing prices coinciding with a crippling drought. Source: ABC Livestock Wool growers suffer as trade war crashes prices, drought bites

NATIONALISATION of Victoria’s electronic ear tag system for sheep and goats is expected to occur through processor-imposed ‘no tag buy’ policies, saleyard managers were told last week. Source: Sheep Central Market to expand national sheep and goat electronic tag uptake

ONLINE wool sales faltered in Australia last week in line with significant price drops at physical auctions. Source: Sheep Central AuctionsPlus online wool sales falter as auction prices fall

GLOBAL negativity and offshore events led to limited wool forward market bids last week. Source: Sheep Central Global negativity hits wool forward bidding and auction prices

Sheep Central today publishes the first of three profiles of the finalists in the 2019 National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia Wool Broker Award — Landmark’s Matthew Chambers who has used experience and innovation to establish a new wool store. Profiles of the other award finalists — Australian Wool Network’s Russell Macgugan and… Read more »

SHEEP producers succeeding at climate-smart farming will be featured in a series of forums across Victoria over the next four weeks. Consultant and producer Dr Jason Trompf through his program… Source: Sheep Central Lambs Alive climate-smart farming coming to Victoria

DEMAND for processing sheep and in-lamb ewes were features in the AuctionsPlus’ online sheep and lamb offering last week. Agents offered 58,751 head online last week, 1286 down, but prices fell slightly in all categories except scanned in-lamb Merino ewes. Source: Sheep Central Ewe buyers and processors active in AuctionsPlus online sales

RECENT forward lamb contracts from major exporters have been welcomed by stock agents advising clients to secure price certainty for some of their 2019 production. Source: Sheep Central New forward lamb contracts offered as NSW lambs come early

AUSTRALIAN wool growers refused to sell almost a third of the bales offered at auction this week, as the market suffered a large correction in the first sale series since a three-week recess. Source: Sheep Central Wool growers hold bales as auction prices drop sharply

WOOL buyers sought finer lines in online bale sales during the three-week recess of physical auctions in Australia. Source: Sheep Central Wool buyers sought finer lines online during auction break

PEAK wool grower body WoolProducers Australia is offering sheep producers assistance to nominate and to register to vote for the 2019 Australian Wool Innovation director election. Source: Sheep Central WoolProducers offers growers assistance for 2019 AWI election

A SWITCH to eight-monthly shearing and containment yard use has helped Tatyoon’s sixth generation fine wool operation Roseville Ridge take out the prestigious Elders Southern Clip of the Year award… Source: Sheep Central Eight month shearing works for top Elders wool growers

This state-of-the-art shearing shed hopes to attract and retain good shearers in a safe environment. Source: ABC Livestock Innovative shearing shed design aims to improve conditions for man and beast

  FROM the catwalk to dinner tables, the Merino has proved to be a flexible and versatile breed, and new research has confirmed its versatility can be boosted to improve… Source: Sheep Central Magnificent Merinos: From designer clothing to Sunday roast

RESPECTED wool industry consultant Dr Paul Swan has been appointed inaugural manager of the SustainaWOOL program by its new owner the Australian Wool Exchange. Source: Sheep Central AWEX appoints new SustainaWOOL program manager

ONLINE sheep and lamb clearances increased in Australia last week as restockers and processors competed strongly on increased offerings in Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia. Source: Sheep Central Southern restockers and processors dominate AuctionsPlus sheep sales

AUSTRALIA’S wool industry has some “rocky roads” coming on its way to a long-term sustainable future, growers were told a Hamilton Sheepvention session yesterday. Source: Sheep Central Rocky roads coming for Australian wool industry – Colley

Scottish stonemasons with experience in restoring castles, restore a historic woolshed in South Australia’s outback — with quite a bit of help from the locals. Source: ABC Livestock Historic outback woolshed gets Scottish stonemasons’ touch

VICTORIA’S top rural expo Sheepvention has organised an expanded Sunday program for the three-day event at Hamilton from August 4-6 next week…Read More Source: Sheep Central Sheepvention adds Super Sunday program

RESPECTED sheep industry consultant, producer and researcher Professor Bruce Allworth will lead the consultation on the Australian Sheep Sustainability Framework…Read More Source: Sheep Central Allworth leading sheep sustainability framework process

AUSTRALIA’S peak sheep and wool producer bodies have come out strongly against plans by Animal Justice Party member Mark Pearson to introduce legislation to ban mulesing from 2022 in New..Read More Source: Sheep Central Peak sheep and wool bodies to oppose mulesing ban bill

TASMANIAN superfine wool grower Simon Cameron’s appointment as the grower representative on the revised Australian Wool Innovation board nomination committee has been welcomed by WoolProducers Australia…Read More Source: Sheep Central Superfine wool grower to join AWI board nomination committee

AUSTRALIA’S sheep and wool producers within three months could be considering potential models for merging their two peak bodies into a new single entity…Read More Source: Sheep Central Australia’s sheep and wool bodies’ discuss merger options

AUSTRALIA’S wool industry has gained its first independent industry-owned sustainability program for Merino and crossbred producers with the gifting of the respected SustainaWOOL Integrity Scheme to the Australian Wool Exchange…Read More Source: Sheep Central SustainaWOOL deal offers market credibility to all Aussie wool

GIVING sheep producers meaningful feedback, processing and carcase optimisation, and meeting consumer needs is leading New South Wales’ Gundagai Meat Processors into robotics and automation…Read More Source: Sheep Central Lamb feedback, efficiency and consumer needs drive Gundagai

A GLOBAL research project has raised the prospect of sheep producers being able to test and breed animals for fly-resistance based on wool odour…Read More Source: Sheep Central Would you like to know if your sheep smell right for flies?

FORMER Australian Wool Innovation chairman Wal Merriman will seek re-election at this year’s director election and has ignored an opportunity to rule out re-standing for the body’s top role…Read More Source: Sheep Central Former AWI chairman Merriman to seek re-election

While some large red meat processors see DEXA scanning technology’s financial payback as being contingent on the application of robotics and automation, lamb processor Gundagai Meat Processsors is approaching adoption of DEXA scanning solely for performance feedback and plant efficiency purposes…Read More Source: Beef Central Feedback drives Gundagai Meat Processors’ move into DEXA

SHEEP and lamb numbers on the AuctionsPlus online platform dropped sharply last week, but prices in most categories increased…Read More Source: Sheep Central Sheep and lamb prices lift as AuctionsPlus offerings drop

THE world’s first augmented reality Merino ram sale took its first steps on the show ring floor at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show yesterday…Read More Source: Sheep Central World’s first digital ram at Bendigo meets his real world forerunner

AUSTRALIAN sheep producers should not be concerned about the ability of domestic and export markets to pay the current high prices for lamb and mutton, Meat & Livestock Australia director Jason Strong said last night…Read More Source: Sheep Central From a lamb to a kilogram, high prices are OK – Strong

VICTORIAN Merino stud Glenpaen was all victorious at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show at the weekend, topping the ram sale yesterday and besting all-comers in the show ring…Read More Source: Sheep Central Glenpaen Merino stud dominates show ring and tops sale at Bendigo

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THREE of nation’s top young wool marketers have been selected as finalists in the 2019 National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia Wool Broker Award…Read More Source: Sheep Central Finalists announced for Australia’s wool broker awards

CENTRAL Victorian Merino breeder Stephen Glen has won the nation’s premier Australian Fleece Competition grand champion award for the first time after 19 years of trying…Read More Source: Sheep Central Merino breeder sticks to his guns to win national fleece award

LAMB price and flock dynamics are adding urgency to sheep producers’ restocking decisions, according to international meat broker and analyst Simon Quilty…Read More Source: Sheep Central Should ewe restock the flock sooner than later?

In Australia, they are the late-night spinners — a global network of Tour de France television spectators who sit at their spinning wheels creating yarn. Source: ABC Livestock Forget the Tour de France, what about the Tour de Fleece?

A MAJOR superfine wool contract has been offered to Australian growers for non-mulesed wool only for the first time…Read More Source: Sheep Central Major superfine wool contract forecasts non-mulesed wool future

LAMB prices climbed to a new national peak of $355 at Forbes’ Central West Livestock Exchange in New South Wales yesterday…Read More Source: Sheep Central New lamb price record of 5 as saleyard competition intensifies

AUSTRALIA’S largest sheep and wool show starts in Bendigo on Friday with more than 3000 sheep from 30 breeds, the nation’s largest fleece display and the opportunity to shear a..Read More Source: Sheep Central Australia’s top sheep show is hands-on and in virtual reality

Industry groups estimate a majority of sheep farmers are using pain relief when mulesing stock, but Victoria looks set to become the first state to make the practice mandatory. Source: ABC Livestock Victoria on track to become first state to introduce mandatory mulesing pain relief

A QUEENSLAND wool grower’s son working in Victoria has taken out the 2019 Rabobank Business Development Prize from a field of some of Australia and New Zealand’s leading young farmers…Read More Source: Sheep Central Rabobank award winner manages transition from Queensland to Victoria

WOOL growers would be prudent to consider forward marketing into the New Year as global conditions and market indicators point to a continued decline in prices…Read More Source: Sheep Central Wool growers urged to trade forward to counter global conditions

COULD the race to be the first Australian state to mandate pain relief for mulesing sheep be the next State of Origin contest between Victoria and New South Wales?..Read More Source: Sheep Central NSW to enter race with Victoria to mandate pain relief for mulesing

Lamb and mutton prices skyrocket into uncharted territory, thanks to three years of drought diminishing supply. Source: ABC Livestock Why the Sunday lamb roast is off the table

AUSTRALIAN wool prices have managed to lift by up to 40 cents in the last week of auctions before the annual mid-year three-week recess…Read More Source: Sheep Central Australian wool prices lift in sale sales before mid-year recess

MORE than 80 percent of NSW Farmers members surveyed have supported mandating pain relief for the surgical mulesing of sheep…Read More Source: Sheep Central NSW Farmers’ sheep flocks back mandatory pain relief for mulesing

LAMB prices continued to surge in saleyards this week, despite lower numbers being offered for fewer active buyers at some centres…Read More Source: Sheep Central Trade lamb prices surge and Ballarat sets 4 Victorian record

N inspiring shearing school in New South Wale’s New England region introducing rural youth to a career in the wool industry is looking for new students…Read More Source: Sheep Central Growing NSW shearing school gets hands-on with politicians

QUEENSLAND police have charged a St George man over an alleged $95,000 Drought Relief Assistance Scheme fraud…Read More Source: Sheep Central Queensland man charged over alleged ,000 drought relief fraud

DISGRACED former live sheep exporter Emanuel Exports has decided to close the eastern states offices of its subsidiary EMS Rural Exports…Read More Source: Sheep Central Former live sheep exporter is closing its South Australian office

A LIFT in Australia’s wool auction market last week has translated into rejuvenated demand for lines offered online, AuctionsPlus has reported…Read More Source: Sheep Central Wool market lift continues with early online AuctionsPlus sales

A CONTROVERSIAL WoolProducers Australia policy initiative to mandate pain relief for surgical mulesing in Australia has been supported by the nation’s peak sheep producer body…Read More Source: Sheep Central Sheep Producers Australia backs mandatory pain relief for mulesing

A NEW Zealand heading dog sold for a record NZ$10,000 at the PGG Wrightson 63th annual Ashburton Sheep and Cattle Dog Sale at the Mayfield A&P showgrounds last week…Read More Source: Sheep Central New Zealand heading dog tops PGG Wrightson sale at $NZ10,000

SOUTH Australian blade shearer Johnny Dalla was the star performer for the nation at the 18th World Shearing and Woolhandling championships held at Le Dorat, in western France last week…Read More Source: Sheep Central Wales and New Zealand dominate at world shearing and wool titles

LONG-TIME South Australian Dog Fence campaigner Geoff Power will head up a $25 million project to repair the ailing pest barrier, with work starting next autumn…Read More Source: Sheep Central SA Dog Fence repair work to start in autumn next year

Sourcing information on how to secure your farm against diseases, pests and weeds has been made easier, with land and livestock managers now having improved access to a vast suite of resources on the Farm Biosecurity website…Read More Source: Sheep Central New-look farm biosecurity website

A 30 percent lift in AuctionsPlus sheep and lamb offerings was supported by strong restocker and processor demand last week…Read More Source: Sheep Central First cross ewes with lambs sell to 0 on AuctionsPlus

The national sheep flock to continues to decline and wool production is at a near-100-year low. With prices at record highs, all everyone needs is rain. Source: ABC Livestock Wool production, sheep numbers hit 100-year lows as widespread drought continues