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Sheepmeat

Dust costing wool industry millions

Dust costing wool industry millions

Dust penetration lowering the value of the wool clip is alarming industry leaders

Covid-19: MLA shuts offices, bans market officers from saleyards

Covid-19: MLA shuts offices, bans market officers from saleyards

Meat & Livestock Australia has closed all its offices for a month to ride out the coronavirus risk.

Thomas Foods International is keeping calm and carrying on

Thomas Foods International is keeping calm and carrying on

Thomas Foods International says meat processing at its two major plants is operating as normal.

Inaugural Charleville dorper sale a winner

Inaugural Charleville dorper sale a winner

The sale of all rams offered at the inaugural invitational dorper and white dorper ram sale at Charleville has underlined the growth in the meat sheep industry in southern Queensland.

Covid-19: MLA shuts offices, bans market officers from saleyards

Covid-19: MLA shuts offices, bans market officers from saleyards

Meat & Livestock Australia has closed all its offices for a month to ride out the coronavirus risk.

Panic meat buying can't stop slide in lamb prices

Panic meat buying can't stop slide in lamb prices

Export uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic is continuing to impact Australia's lamb and mutton markets.

Exporters speed up accreditation of stock handlers to keep boats afloat

Exporters speed up accreditation of stock handlers to keep boats afloat

LiveCorp is speeding up accreditation of stock handlers to ensure live sheep and cattle boats keep sailing.

Lamb yardings tumble as panic sell-off stops

Lamb yardings tumble as panic sell-off stops

Major saleyards reported much reduced lamb numbers at the start of this week as a panic sell-off is put on hold.

Live sheep trade to beat the summer heat

Live sheep trade to beat the summer heat

New rules will ban live sheep exports to, or through, the Middle East to other ports for 3.5 months during the northern hemisphere summer.

Panic meat buying can't stop slide in lamb prices

Panic meat buying can't stop slide in lamb prices

Export uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic is continuing to impact Australia's lamb and mutton markets.

Inaugural Charleville dorper sale a winner

Inaugural Charleville dorper sale a winner

The sale of all rams offered at the inaugural invitational dorper and white dorper ram sale at Charleville has underlined the growth in the meat sheep industry in southern Queensland.

Lamb yardings tumble as panic sell-off stops

Lamb yardings tumble as panic sell-off stops

Major saleyards reported much reduced lamb numbers at the start of this week as a panic sell-off is put on hold.

Thomas Foods International is keeping calm and carrying on

Thomas Foods International is keeping calm and carrying on

Thomas Foods International says meat processing at its two major plants is operating as normal.

Live sheep trade to beat the summer heat

Live sheep trade to beat the summer heat

New rules will ban live sheep exports to, or through, the Middle East to other ports for 3.5 months during the northern hemisphere summer.

Lamb prices continue to back-pedal amid Covid-19 fears

Lamb prices continue to back-pedal amid Covid-19 fears

A big yarding of lambs at Monday's Bendigo sale added to fears producers are keen to sell amid fears coronavirus will cause more headaches in the red meat supply chain.

MLA office doors still open despite coronvirus spread

MLA office doors still open despite coronvirus spread

Meat & Livestock Australia's officers remain open - for now - as coronavirus continues to spread.

Exporters speed up accreditation of stock handlers to keep boats afloat

Exporters speed up accreditation of stock handlers to keep boats afloat

LiveCorp is speeding up accreditation of stock handlers to ensure live sheep and cattle boats keep sailing.

Wool

Shearing in isolation the way ahead for Raelene's team

Shearing in isolation the way ahead for Raelene's team

Longreach shearing contractor Raelene Bowden has isolated herself and her team of 15 as her way of managing the new protocols brought in to manage the spread of COVID-19 in the shearing industry.

Wool faces weak world demand for six months warns AWI boss

Wool faces weak world demand for six months warns AWI boss

Australian Wool Innovation chairman Colette Garnsey has written to grower shareholders to update them on how the company is dealing with coronavirus.

AWEX freezes push for new alternative mulesing category

AWEX freezes push for new alternative mulesing category

AWEX has bowed to pressure and will defer its push to add a new non-mulesed category on the National Wool Declaration.

Dust costing wool industry millions

Dust costing wool industry millions

Dust penetration lowering the value of the wool clip is alarming industry leaders

Merino mask developed to meet coronavirus demand

Merino mask developed to meet coronavirus demand

Queensland wool garment maker Merino Country is rapidly repurposing its business and machines into the production of masks in order to help meet demand from the public for personal protective equipment.

Wool market stages a recovery of sorts | Elders

Wool market stages a recovery of sorts | Elders

The wool market has staged a recovery of sorts, hopefully it was not just a dead cat bounce.

Wool has black day with EMI plunging 97c

Wool has black day with EMI plunging 97c

The Australian wool market suffered a painful day on Tuesday with the EMI shedding 97c.

Wool market makes a modest recovery

Wool market makes a modest recovery

A recovery of sorts occurred as expected for the wool market last week.

Vic, Tassie and NSW growers dominate the Zegna awards

Vic, Tassie and NSW growers dominate the Zegna awards

The luxury menswear brand from Italy runs the awards in collaboration with the Australian Superfine Wool Growers Association.

Sales

AuctionsPlus: Weekly sheep and goat sale report

AuctionsPlus: Weekly sheep and goat sale report

Nearly 70,000 sheep and 1500 goats were offered on AuctionsPlus in the past week.

New Zealand sheep flock on its way up

New Zealand sheep flock on its way up

Total sheep numbers are expected to increase in New Zealand by 0.3 per cent to 27.39 million head.

Naracoorte sets new $402 ewe record

Naracoorte sets new $402 ewe record

Ewes prices peaked at a national record of $402 at Naracoorte today.

Another week, another record at Edenhope

Another week, another record at Edenhope

It was another record breaking week at the Edenhope saleyards, with the highest price ever, $174, paid for first cross wether lambs.

What's driving the store sheep boom?

What's driving the store sheep boom?

Prices for young ewes has cracked $400, but what is conspiring to send prices so high?

First-cross ewes hit $388

First-cross ewes hit $388

EWES at Edenhope, Vic, today have hit a record $388.

A favourable wether pattern

A favourable wether pattern

Well presented first cross wether lambs made good money at Edenhope yesterday, with the top price $174.

National ewe record briefly held at Edenhope

National ewe record briefly held at Edenhope

Edenhope held the national record for ewe prices for mere hours but it retains the highest price in Victoria, with prices to $388.

Studstock

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Nomuula double toppers

Nomuula double toppers

Cherilyn Lowe's Nomuula Dorper and White Dorper studs sold the top-priced rams of both breeds at the 2020 Eastern Region breeds' sale at Dubbo on Friday.

AuctionsPlus: Weekly sheep and goat sale report

AuctionsPlus: Weekly sheep and goat sale report

Nearly 70,000 sheep and 1500 goats were offered on AuctionsPlus in the past week.

Wiltipoll enthusiasts keen on their purchases the land

Wiltipoll enthusiasts keen on their purchases the land

It was a buyers market on Saturday.

Record for Merino ram at Cottage Park

Record for Merino ram at Cottage Park

There was no doubting the demand for heavy cutting Merino rams at Cottage Park, Cooma

Wilgunya gets full clearance to average $1386

Wilgunya gets full clearance to average $1386

A decision to go ahead with their annual ram sale despite a tough season has paid off for Wilgunya Merino Stud's Heather and Max Wilson.