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Sheep vet warns Ovine Johne’s Disease has not gone away

BENDIGO veterinarian Tristan Jubb is urging sheep producers to think carefully before stopping or delaying the vaccination of lambs for Ovine Johne’s Disease, especially as recent wool prices encourage retention of wether lambs…Read More

By Bendigo veterinarian Dr Tristan Jubb, August 13, 2026

Lamb Production

Feed Central webinar provides hay market update, names winners

SOUTH-EASTERN Australia looks to be heading for a bumper hay season in volume terms, but quality could be a challenge, and ex farm pricing is under pressure…Read More

Liz Wells, August 13, 2026

Top sheep and goat grazing properties sell in SA, Qld and ACT

THIS week’s property review includes a wrap up of recently completed sales of properties in South Australia, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, August 14, 2026

Nimagee Station lists with established carbon project

RURAL properties with proven grazing and carbon performance feature in this wrap of significant rural property listings this week…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, August 14, 2026

Sponsored Content

Why lamb feedlots are rethinking supplementation

Every feedlot has the same objective: achieving consistent growth across the entire mob. The challenge is that not every lamb behaves the same way. ..Read More

Sponsored Content, August 10, 2026

Fair Work Ombudsman takes action on alleged worker underpayment

LEGAL action has commenced against a former Victorian livestock transport company for allegedly underpaying workers almost $300,000…Read More

Sheep Central, August 12, 2026

Australia marshalls US backers in Protect Lamb Supply initiative

MAJOR North American veal and lamb packer Catelli Brothers has confirmed its support for Australia’s Protect Lamb Supply initiative to inform the United States International Trade Commission’s global safeguard investigation into imported lamb…Read More

Terry Sim, August 12, 2026

Lamb Production

Veterinarians back an industry mulesing phaseout or regulation

AUSTRALIA’S peak veterinarian body has advocated phasing out mulesing as soon as a sustainable transition to flystrike-resistant sheep can be achieved, recommending the sheep industry commit to a deadline to end the breech modification practice or that this be regulated by government…Read More

Terry Sim, August 12, 2026

Over-charged, over-regulated and over it – ALEC leader

By Australian Livestock Exporters Council chief executive officer Mark Harvey-Sutton, August 11, 2026

Rushy Lagoon sale inquiry terms of reference released

Sheep Central, August 11, 2026

BOM weekly rainfall update 11 August 2026 + outlook map

Bureau of Meteorology, August 11, 2026

Lamb Production

Unreleased CSIRO report proposed a hybrid livestock gene bank model

Terry Sim, August 10, 2026

Indonesian sovereign fund takes A$3.57b stake in JBS Australia

Jon Condon, August 10, 2026

Lamb Production

Feedgrain Focus: Market spreads widen with contrasting seasons

Liz Wells, August 10, 2026

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

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

Today

38.70

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.7062

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

15 Aug 2026 (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

-27.88

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

ESTLI

Eastern States Trade Lamb Indicator. Ac/kg cwt

Last Week

1166

Source: MLA's NLRS

EMI

Eastern Market Indicator. c/kg clean

Today

1873

Source: Australian Wool Exchange

Goat

Eastern States 12.1-16kg c/kg cwt

Today

Source: MLA

ASX Market Index

15 Aug 2026 (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

What readers are saying

Veterinarians back an industry mulesing phaseout or regulation

Whenever the mulseing debate arises graziers, like yourself, always make it sound as though flystrike can neither be prevented, or cured, by anything other than mulesing. You would have....

Paul Mitchell

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Veterinarians back an industry mulesing phaseout or regulation

I would like to know if Professor Windsor has ever managed a flock of Merino sheep. If he hasn’t, I suggest that he spend 12 months doing so. Then....

Paul Fisher

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Sheepvention panel explores what successful ag businesses are doing

A great summary of the day's discussion - thanks Terry Sim for covering it so extensively to give people that missed it access to some of the insights.....

Matt Dalgleish

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CBA economist outlines interest rate forecast at Sheepvention

Good points Neil. You mention the 1907 financial crisis; it was of course this crisis that precipitated the creation of the US central bank -- the US Federal Reserve....

Peter Small

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News

Fair Work Ombudsman takes action on alleged worker underpayment

LEGAL action has commenced against a former Victorian livestock transport company for allegedly underpaying workers almost $300,000…Read More

Sheep Central, August 12, 2026

Rushy Lagoon sale inquiry terms of reference released

THE Tasmanian Government today released the terms of reference for a Parliamentary Select Committee inquiry into the sale of the state’s biggest farm, Rushy Lagoon, to the United Kingdom-based Tasmania Natural Asset Trust…Read More

Sheep Central, August 11, 2026

Unreleased CSIRO report proposed a hybrid livestock gene bank model

A CSIRO report completed four years ago recommended Australia establish a livestock gene bank as insurance against the impact of exotic disease incursions or natural disasters…Read More

Terry Sim, August 10, 2026

Recruitment: Unleashing the power of mentoring in the workplace

MENTORING is a great way to progress a person’s professional and personal development, creating a more productive business and can be very rewarding for the mentor and the mentee…Read More

Sheep Central, August 10, 2026

Markets

Australia marshalls US backers in Protect Lamb Supply initiative

MAJOR North American veal and lamb packer Catelli Brothers has confirmed its support for Australia’s Protect Lamb Supply initiative to inform the United States International Trade Commission’s global safeguard investigation into imported lamb…Read More

Terry Sim, August 12, 2026

CBA economist outlines interest rate forecast at Sheepvention

THE importance of interest rate changes and market directions were highlighted in the Commonwealth Bank’s agribusiness panel discussion at the Hamilton’s Sheepvention Rural Expo this week…Read More

Terry Sim, August 5, 2026

Don Macdonald Woolbrokers acquires Beecher Wool Services

MAJOR inland wool brokering business Beecher Wool Services has become part of the Don Macdonald Woolbrokers Pty Ltd network in the latest industry merger…Read More

Sheep Central, August 3, 2026

A+ Bloodlines service has support of breeders and producers

AUCTIONSPLUS expects uptake of its new A+Bloodlines product to verify the genetic background of commercial sheep and cattle lots to increase this spring…Read More

Sheep Central, July 29, 2026

Sponsored Content

Why lamb feedlots are rethinking supplementation

Every feedlot has the same objective: achieving consistent growth across the entire mob. The challenge is that not every lamb behaves the same way. ..Read More

Sponsored Content, August 10, 2026

New spray-on delivers dual protection against flystrike

Elanco has announced the Australian launch of CLiK Duostar, the first dicyclanil-based product that prevents and treats blowfly strike…Read More

Sponsored Content, March 2, 2026

The skills crisis in Aussie meat processing and why experience alone can’t fix it

Australia’s red meat processors have long struggled to find skilled workers, but the stakes are rising and the cost of the gap is climbing. ..Read More

Sponsored Content, May 18, 2026

Why retailers need more than just product from meat processors

The relationship between major retailers and their meat processor suppliers has never been simple. But in the past three to five years, it has become measurably more demanding, meaning processors who understand that shift are finding themselves on the front foot for building strong, long-term retail relationships. ..Read More

Sponsored Content, May 11, 2026

Lamb Production

Sheep vet warns Ovine Johne’s Disease has not gone away

BENDIGO veterinarian Tristan Jubb is urging sheep producers to think carefully before stopping or delaying the vaccination of lambs for Ovine Johne’s Disease, especially as recent wool prices encourage retention of wether lambs…Read More

By Bendigo veterinarian Dr Tristan Jubb, August 13, 2026

Feed Central webinar provides hay market update, names winners

SOUTH-EASTERN Australia looks to be heading for a bumper hay season in volume terms, but quality could be a challenge, and ex farm pricing is under pressure…Read More

Liz Wells, August 13, 2026

Veterinarians back an industry mulesing phaseout or regulation

AUSTRALIA’S peak veterinarian body has advocated phasing out mulesing as soon as a sustainable transition to flystrike-resistant sheep can be achieved, recommending the sheep industry commit to a deadline to end the breech modification practice or that this be regulated by government…Read More

Terry Sim, August 12, 2026

Unreleased CSIRO report proposed a hybrid livestock gene bank model

A CSIRO report completed four years ago recommended Australia establish a livestock gene bank as insurance against the impact of exotic disease incursions or natural disasters…Read More

Terry Sim, August 10, 2026

Wool Production

Sheep vet warns Ovine Johne’s Disease has not gone away

BENDIGO veterinarian Tristan Jubb is urging sheep producers to think carefully before stopping or delaying the vaccination of lambs for Ovine Johne’s Disease, especially as recent wool prices encourage retention of wether lambs…Read More

By Bendigo veterinarian Dr Tristan Jubb, August 13, 2026

Feed Central webinar provides hay market update, names winners

SOUTH-EASTERN Australia looks to be heading for a bumper hay season in volume terms, but quality could be a challenge, and ex farm pricing is under pressure…Read More

Liz Wells, August 13, 2026

Veterinarians back an industry mulesing phaseout or regulation

AUSTRALIA’S peak veterinarian body has advocated phasing out mulesing as soon as a sustainable transition to flystrike-resistant sheep can be achieved, recommending the sheep industry commit to a deadline to end the breech modification practice or that this be regulated by government…Read More

Terry Sim, August 12, 2026

Feedgrain Focus: Market spreads widen with contrasting seasons

THE spread between northern and southern grain markets widened further last week, reflecting the stark contrast in seasonal conditions between the regions…Read More

Liz Wells, August 10, 2026

Processing

Indonesian sovereign fund takes A$3.57b stake in JBS Australia

GLOBAL protein giant JBS will sell a 25 percent stake in its Australian and New Zealand operations to an Indonesian sovereign fund for the equivalent of A$3.57 billion, the company has announced…Read More

Jon Condon, August 10, 2026

Study finds Australian meat processor costs higher than global competitors

AUSTRALIAN red meat processing costs continue to rise and remain higher than key international competitors in New Zealand, the United States and Brazil, a new study has found…Read More

Jon Condon, August 7, 2026

Hewitt Australia takeover of Nolan Meats gets ACCC approval

THE Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has cleared the way for Hewitt Australia to complete its purchase of Queensland beef processing business Nolan Meats…Read More

Sheep Central, August 4, 2026

Don Macdonald Woolbrokers acquires Beecher Wool Services

MAJOR inland wool brokering business Beecher Wool Services has become part of the Don Macdonald Woolbrokers Pty Ltd network in the latest industry merger…Read More

Sheep Central, August 3, 2026

Trade

Over-charged, over-regulated and over it – ALEC leader

AUSTRALIA’S peak livestock exporter body is urging the Albanese Government to abandon its push towards full cost recovery for regulatory charges, backing a call for an independent audit of export cost recovery, in this opinion piece by chief executive officer Mark Harvey-Sutton…Read More

By Australian Livestock Exporters Council chief executive officer Mark Harvey-Sutton, August 11, 2026

Lamb prices to continue to follow beef upward

AUSTRALIAN sheep producers have been told the current run of high lamb and mutton prices could extend for up to three years despite global quota restrictions and tariffs, as beef and sheep meat supplies stay limited globally…Read More

Terry Sim, July 9, 2026

UK signals intent to align with EU Deforestation Regulations

THE United Kingdom is looking like adopting regulations similar to the European Union’s Deforestation Regulations (EUDR), that could potentially impact Australian red meat exports into the UK market…Read More

Sheep Central, July 2, 2026

Mooralla Merino story to be told at BestWool BestLamb conference

WESTERN District sheep producers Ricky and Marni Luhrs have contracts for their wool and the eggs from their pasture-raised hens – the next phase in their marketing will be being..Read More

Sheep Central, June 19, 2026

Property

Top sheep and goat grazing properties sell in SA, Qld and ACT

THIS week’s property review includes a wrap up of recently completed sales of properties in South Australia, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, August 14, 2026

Nimagee Station lists with established carbon project

RURAL properties with proven grazing and carbon performance feature in this wrap of significant rural property listings this week…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, August 14, 2026

Weekly property review: Grazing and feedlot assets attract investors

THIS week’s property review highlights six trophy livestock grazing assets that have changed hands in just six months, in a sales run described by a veteran marketing agent involved in the sales as unlike anything he has seen in three decades…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, August 6, 2026

MacLachlans sell 1.29m ha pastoral aggregation to SA investor

Wealthy Adelaide businessman Charlie Shahin has entered into an agreement to purchase a 1.29m ha aggregation of sheep country in South Australia’s northwest from the MacLachlan family’s Jumbuck Pastoral…Read More

Sheep Central, August 3, 2026

AgCarbon Central

AWI project to verify biogenic carbon flow in wool production

A NEW project to demonstrate a practical, and scalable way for Australian wool growers to measure, model and verify the carbon performance of wool production systems has been funded for two years…Read More

Sheep Central, July 28, 2026

New livestock carbon accounting method to encompass sheep

A PROPOSED new Australian Carbon Credit Unit Scheme livestock method under development by Meat & Livestock Australia will be applicable to lamb, mutton and beef production…Read More

Sheep Central, April 15, 2026

Microsoft makes another record-breaking soil carbon credit purchase

MICROSOFT has announced another record-breaking purchase of soil carbon credits, striking a deal with US company Indigo Ag to purchase 2.85m credits over 12 years…Read More

Sheep Central, January 19, 2026

“Broad scope”, lack of resourcing holding up soil carbon review

AN independent review of Australia’s soil carbon scheme is expected to be handed down by the end of this year, with a recent carbon conference told that the “broad scope” of the review was holding it up…Read More

Eric Barker, November 12, 2025