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‘No warning’ as Queensland flood livestock losses top 144,000

MORE than 140,000 livestock were dead or missing in the ongoing outback Queensland floods disaster, with producers expecting final losses to be higher…Read More

Terry Sim, April 2, 2025

Bowan Park Poll Dorset trial highlights eating quality potential

A FIVE-YEAR sire evaluation has shown Poll Dorset breeders the breed has potential to produce sires with the genetics to get high eating quality lambs to market sooner and to suit various production systems…Read More

Terry Sim, April 2, 2025

Trump ag tariff outcomes finally known tomorrow morning

UNITED States President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs on a new round of imported goods will finally be revealed tomorrow morning, Australian time…Read More

Jon Condon, April 2, 2025

No. 13: Cavanaghs Transport

From a single truck in 1988 Robert Cavanagh has built a nationally significant livestock transporting business through strategic acquisitions, industry insight and growing with his customer base…Read More

James Nason, April 2, 2025

Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 31 March 2025

WEEKLY rainfall totals of 50 to 200 mm, locally higher, were recorded from the system across most of the rest of Queensland, the north of the Northern Territory and in northern New South Wales. ..Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, April 2, 2025

Stock Handling & Animal Welfare

Agriculture Victoria warns livestock owners on welfare duties

THE recent seizures of livestock from three Victorian properties have been highlighted in a warning to all producers from Agriculture Victoria this week…Read More

Sheep Central, April 1, 2025

No 18: Thompsons Livestock Transport

Thompsons Transport out of Cowra NSW is a third generation, 80-year old trucking business that’s tripled in size in the past 15 years..Read More

Jon Condon, April 1, 2025

No 14: Stockyard Transport

Since purchasing Schmidt’s Livestock Haulage in 2016 and changing the name to Stockyard Transport, Natasha Johnson and David Elmes have taken the business through a period of significant growth…Read More

Eric Barker, April 1, 2025

Keep the Sheep claims Chaney ‘scalp’, but no ‘iron clad’ guarantee

Terry Sim, March 31, 2025

No 15: Mort & Co Transport

Jon Condon, March 28, 2025

No 16: Tanami Transport

Jon Condon, March 28, 2025

Wool Market Reports

Merino wool prices fall back after weeks of rises

Sheep Central, March 31, 2025

Wool Market Reports

Forward wool traders less keen as auction prices slip

Mike Avery, Southern Aurora Markets., March 31, 2025

Grazing Land Management

CSBP to shut Kwinana superphosphate plant as WA flock declines

Sheep Central, March 31, 2025

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

Aust. Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) - $/tonne of CO2 equiv.

Today

32.70

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.6278

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

02 Apr 2025 (updated 10am daily)

Company	Price	Trending
Elders	$8.96
Australian Agricultural Co	$1.52
Graincorp	$7.29
Ridley	$2.12
Woolworths	$36.64
Wellard	$0.06

Source: ASX

SOI Graph

Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)

Today

8.77

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

ESTLI

Eastern States Trade Lamb Indicator. Ac/kg cwt

Last Week

771.8

Source: MLA's NLRS

EMI

Eastern Market Indicator. c/kg clean

Today

1245

Source: Australian Wool Exchange

Goat

Eastern States 12.1-16kg c/kg cwt

Today

Source: MLA

ASX Market Index

02 Apr 2025 (updated 10am daily)

Company	Price	Trending
Elders	$8.96
Australian Agricultural Co	$1.52
Graincorp	$7.29
Ridley	$2.12
Woolworths	$36.64
Wellard	$0.06

Source: ASX

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Perth residents urged to support Friday’s Keep the Sheep rally

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News

‘No warning’ as Queensland flood livestock losses top 144,000

MORE than 140,000 livestock were dead or missing in the ongoing outback Queensland floods disaster, with producers expecting final losses to be higher…Read More

Terry Sim, April 2, 2025

Trump ag tariff outcomes finally known tomorrow morning

UNITED States President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs on a new round of imported goods will finally be revealed tomorrow morning, Australian time…Read More

Jon Condon, April 2, 2025

No. 13: Cavanaghs Transport

From a single truck in 1988 Robert Cavanagh has built a nationally significant livestock transporting business through strategic acquisitions, industry insight and growing with his customer base…Read More

James Nason, April 2, 2025

Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 31 March 2025

WEEKLY rainfall totals of 50 to 200 mm, locally higher, were recorded from the system across most of the rest of Queensland, the north of the Northern Territory and in northern New South Wales. ..Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, April 2, 2025

Markets

Merino wool prices fall back after weeks of rises

AUSTRALIAN Merino wool prices were unable to maintain their upward movement at auctions last week, but crossbred values sold firm to dearer…Read More

Sheep Central, March 31, 2025

Forward wool traders less keen as auction prices slip

THE spot wool market took a breath last week after 11 straight auction sessions that lifted the AWEX Eastern Market Indicator from 1180 to 1251c/kg clean…Read More

Mike Avery, Southern Aurora Markets., March 31, 2025

Forward wool trading volumes remain low despite auction price rises

THE impetus on the forward wool market has been similar to auction price movements, but trading volumes remain disappointingly low…Read More

Guest Author, March 24, 2025

Australian wool auction prices lift for fourth consecutive week

AUSTRALIA’S auction wool market has continued to strengthen, recording its fourth consecutive week of price rises…Read More

Sheep Central, March 21, 2025

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Livestock lot-feeding workshops to support farmer health

AS part of the launch of a new automated feedlot concept, a series of nine half-day nutrition-focussed Lotfeeding and Controlled Feeding Masterclasses will be held across New South Wales regional centres over the next month…Read More

Sheep Central, February 5, 2025

Parashield Program – two effective parasite treatments in one

Sheep farmers now have a new approach to parasite protection, combining two effective treatments in one, using the Parashield Program..Read More

Sheep Central, January 10, 2025

Lamb Production

Bowan Park Poll Dorset trial highlights eating quality potential

A FIVE-YEAR sire evaluation has shown Poll Dorset breeders the breed has potential to produce sires with the genetics to get high eating quality lambs to market sooner and to suit various production systems…Read More

Terry Sim, April 2, 2025

Agriculture Victoria warns livestock owners on welfare duties

THE recent seizures of livestock from three Victorian properties have been highlighted in a warning to all producers from Agriculture Victoria this week…Read More

Sheep Central, April 1, 2025

CSBP to shut Kwinana superphosphate plant as WA flock declines

A LONG-TERM term decline in market demand for single superphosphate as growers reduce sheep numbers, combined with declining terms of trade for local production, has prompted CSBP Fertilisers to announce it will mothball its superphosphate plant at Kwinana…Read More

Sheep Central, March 31, 2025

ABARES cropping Farmland Price Indicator falls

ABARES Farmland Price Indicator 2024 data puts the national wheat-sheep zone figure at a record high of $8072.77/ha, while the cropping land indicator eased over the year to $8309.12/ha…Read More

Sheep Central, March 27, 2025

Wool Production

Agriculture Victoria warns livestock owners on welfare duties

THE recent seizures of livestock from three Victorian properties have been highlighted in a warning to all producers from Agriculture Victoria this week…Read More

Sheep Central, April 1, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Export, consumer, grazier demand lifts values

VALUES have lifted this week as sorghum exports kick into gear, and bids to growers climb lift to entice volume out of on-farm storages and depots…Read More

Liz Wells, March 24, 2025

National Feedbase Summary 20 March 2025

TOTAL standing dry matter seasonal rankings for March 2025 highlight shifting pasture trends across Australia, with notable improvements in some regions and ongoing challenges in others…Read More

Al Rayner, Cibo Labs, March 21, 2025

Feedgrain Focus: Sorghum lifts on tariff fall-out

SORGHUM values have jumped this week on expectations of increased demand from China in the wake of its tariff on US sorghum…Read More

Liz Wells, March 17, 2025

Processing

JBS delivers record net revenue of US$77b in strong 2024

GLOBAL animal protein giant JBS reported 2024 full-year results this morning, Australian time, delivering a net profit of US$1.8 billion for the year, down almost $200m on the year before…Read More

Jon Condon, March 27, 2025

Miniprobes IMF lamb scanner set for South Australian processors

A NEW intramuscular fat measurement technology for sheep meat is set to be installed in some South Australia red meat processing plants this year. ..Read More

Sheep Central, March 21, 2025

Kiwi shearers exact woolly revenge on Welsh team

A SMALL central North Island town with a population of barely 1000 and a grandstand that holds 2-300 people has been the scene of another Welsh shearing test match demise…Read More

Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, March 19, 2025

Australian shearers win trans-Tasman test by big margin

AUSTRALIA’S top sheep shearers have reigned supreme over New Zealand in the latest trans-Tasman test event at the Golden Shears in Masterton, New Zealand, on Saturday night…Read More

Sheep Central, March 3, 2025

Trade

Keep the Sheep claims Chaney ‘scalp’, but no ‘iron clad’ guarantee

WESTERN Australia’s Keep the Sheep group was today celebrating the continued support of WA Independent Kate Chaney for its goal of reversing the Albanese Government’s plan to phase out live sheep exports by sea in May 2028…Read More

Terry Sim, March 31, 2025

Animal activists call for Coalition to drop live sheep trade support

LEADING animal protection organisations have urged the Liberal-National Coalition to turn back from its promise to reverse the Albanese Government’s legislated plan to end live sheep exports by sea in 2028…Read More

Sheep Central, March 28, 2025

Perth residents urged to support Friday’s Keep the Sheep rally

LIVESTOCK carriers and exporters have called for community backing for a Keep the Sheep rally through Western Australia’s capital city Perth this Friday…Read More

Sheep Central, March 25, 2025

R-CALF-USA proposes tariffs of 30pc on imported Australian lamb

AMERICAN farmers have recommended president Donald Trump apply tariffs of around 30 percent be applied to all imported lamb and sheep meat…Read More

Terry Sim, March 24, 2025

Property

Prime New England properties listed with $34 million price tag

THIS week’s property review features two prime adjoining and complementary grazing properties for sale in New South Wales’ highly regarded New England region…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, March 21, 2025

Grazing potential and natural beauty sell well with buyers

QUEENSLAND and New South Wales properties valued for their grazing potential and natural beauty feature in recent sales noted by property editor Linda Rowley…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, March 21, 2025

Nicoletti’s Connawarrie property sells to WA locals

FIVE local farmers have paid a combined $35 million for John Nicoletti’s cropping and sheep aggregation in Western Australia’s Great Southern region…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, March 17, 2025

History and versatile grazing for sale in property listings

THIS week’s property review includes a wrap-up of interesting recent listings across New South Wales and Queensland…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, March 14, 2025

AgCarbon Central

NSW wool grower to feature at Narrabri renewables expo

A MERINO wool grower grazing sheep on a solar farm will be a guest speaker at the New Energy Expo in Narrabri on 26 March…Read More

Sheep Central, March 14, 2025

US banks pull out of net zero body over anti-trust issues

SIX major banks from the United States have announced they are walking away from a global organisation aimed at aligning them on targets to reach net zero emissions by 2050…Read More

Sheep Central, January 20, 2025

Carbon markets: ACCUs soften after remarkably stable year

AUSTRALIA’s carbon market has softened in recent weeks after going over $40 for the first time in three years last month…Read More

Eric Barker, December 13, 2024

What herbivore history says about emission reduction and regenerating forests

TAKING animals off landscapes is unlikely to reduce emissions or regenerate forests, according to a leading European ecological researcher…Read More

Eric Barker, December 9, 2024

Beef Central

Trump tariff outcomes finally known tomorrow morning

US President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs on a new round of imported goods will finally be revealed tomorrow morning, Australian time. Many involved the trade see the announcements –..Read More

Flood support increased as more rain falls across Western Queensland

As widespread flooding continues to head down the channel country and into the towns of Eulo and Thargomindah, more Government support has been announced to help impacted producers rebuild...Read More

Qld landholders urged to challenge land valuation hikes

STATE farm lobby group AgForce is urging Queensland landholders not to delay if they want to object to new primary production land valuations – or risk being lumped with higher..Read More

Cattle Australia’s six priorities for Federal Election

Cattle Australia has put the major parties on notice that the support of Australia’s grassfed cattle producers at the upcoming Federal election hinges on six key issues...Read More

Grain Central

SSR leases V/Line locos to help get more freight off Vic roads

SSR is leasing 10 N-class locomotives to expand its fleet and help get grain in bulk and containers off Victorian roads...Read More

LDC integrating Namoi Cotton, ProClass stake divested

LDC has divested its share in ProClass as it moves towards finalising its takeover of Namoi Cotton in line with some ACCC stipulations...Read More

Grain Central March 2025 news quiz

Keep up to date with developments in Grain Central’s monthly quiz…..Read More

ABARES to have latest gander into chicken-meat industry

ABARES is planning to release a draft report into Australia's chicken meat supply chain, but NSW Farmers says the time for reports is over and action is needed to support..Read More