A DROP in the Australian dollar to below US60 cents last week has rekindled export demand and prompted consumers to lift their bids by up $5-$10 per tonne in the southern wheat and barley markets in order to compete…Read More
Liz Wells, April 14, 2025
MEAT & Livestock Australia is calling for new applications for Producer Demonstration Sites to kick off from the end of 2025…Read More
Sheep Central, April 14, 2025
SOAKING rain over much of Queensland’s grain-growing areas and northern New South Wales last week has set the northern region up for a strong and early start to its winter cropping program…Read More
Liz Wells, April 7, 2025
A COMPREHENSIVE sire evaluation trial rated as ‘gold standard’ has provided evidence-based data on the Dohne breed’s profitable wool, carcase, reproduction and eating quality traits…Read More
Sheep Central, April 7, 2025
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
Stock Handling & Animal Welfare
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
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 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
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
PRIME lamb producers will get practical insights into how genetics can perform on farm, at a workshop in Gundagai this Friday…Read More
Sheep Central, March 24, 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
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