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Soaring sheep prices show no sign of slowing

RECORD-breaking spring lamb contracts and unprecedented rising prices at saleyards are delivering strong returns for producers, as supply tightens across Victoria and southern New South Wales. Elders Swan Hill-based livestock specialist Matt Rowlands...

26 Jul 2025
North West Farmer

Wool org spots open

AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation (AWI) has announced the three director positions that will be vacated ahead of this November’s annual general meeting. Chairman Jock Laurie is retiring and not seeking re-election in line with the company’s 10-year...

22 Jul 2025
Livestock

Pricing indicators out

MLA’s National Livestock Reporting Service has released two new pricing indicators – the national feeder heifer indicator, and the online sheep indicator. Their release will broaden MLA’s indicator offering, filling coverage gaps across sales...

22 Jul 2025
Livestock

Set up your weaning program for success

WEANING is a significant event in the management calendar and at a time when both lamb and ewe productivity is on the line, there are a number of key components to consider. Joining length, feed quality...

20 Jun 2025
Livestock

Prices rise on livestock

THIS week’s Ouyen livestock sale – with 11,907 head yarded – saw prices surge across the board, with mutton classes rising as much as $35 to do best of all. Ouyen livestock exchange manager Colin Mole said the sale included 8709 lambs and 3198...

23 May 2025
Livestock

Council needs to strategically review its whole future direction

SWAN Hill Rural City Council’s proposal to ‘strategically review’ the future of what it describes as its financially underperforming saleyards has sparked deep concern across the region, and rightly so. Because in these turbulent economic...

18 May 2025
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Webinar explores by-product feeding options

LIVESTOCK owners looking to use alternative feeds as the drought continues in the southwest and dry conditions extend in other parts of the state, are urged to be aware of the risks and limitations. As most by-products are produced as surplus from...

18 May 2025
Livestock

MLA looking for directors

MEAT & Livestock Australia (MLA) is looking for three non-executive directors. Its board provides guidance and oversight of the management and performance of MLA in delivering its strategy. This year, as part of the board selection process, three...

16 May 2025
Livestock

Dont be sheepish, have a say about your future

TWICE a year, Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and Australian Wool Innovation conduct the sheep producer intentions survey, and it is now open for responses for the rest of this month. One of MLA’s essential roles is to collect, analyse and...

16 May 2025
Livestock

Roly Park rocks Sydney Royal

LAKE Boga’s Roly Park just keeps rolling on – and is picking up some serious speed with every new achievement. Such as blitzing the Sydney Easter Royal where his small team of Shorthorns seriously scooped the pool in the beef cattle...

16 May 2025
Livestock

New program about better pathways

MEAT & Livestock Australia (MLA) has unveiled the new Pasture Pathways program for grazing advisors, with applications open for interested groups to participate. Pasture Pathways is a training and development initiative designed to equip new...

27 Apr 2025
Livestock

Open call to offer best practices

IF any meat producers in northwest Victoria or southwest New South Wales want to run a local project to improve their enterprises, they have until May 12 to apply for producer demonstration sites (PDS) funding. The PDS open call – for projects to...

25 Apr 2025
North West Farmer

AgVic urges for animal health

OWNERS and/or people in charge of livestock have a responsibility for ensuring the health and welfare needs of their livestock and animals are met. And recent seizures on properties across rural Victoria show the message still isn’t being clearly...

25 Apr 2025
Livestock

How to get the most out of your ewe

WITH demand for mutton across northwest Victoria going through the roof, AWI extension specialist James Tyson is pointing at reproductive performance as the cornerstone of long-term performance and profitability. Mr Tyson told North West Farmer...

25 Apr 2025
Livestock

Sheep on show

OUYEN’S Kevin Crooke and Danni Wilson have been driving forces behind the Wimmera Autumn Merino Sheep Show, but after dedicating the past five years to getting it off the ground – and running it – they are taking a backseat in 2026. And after the...

18 Apr 2025
Livestock

Farmers frustrated at federal decisions

FARMERS in northwest Victoria are ricocheting from the Federal Budget to the Federal Election – and not too many of them are happy about how either one is going. Issues such as the instant asset write-off, diesel rebate, and transport and energy...

04 Apr 2025
Livestock

Combo is king when it comes to drenches

WHEN it comes to managing worms in sheep, combination drenches are one of the most valuable tools in your toolkit. However, often the questions ‘but why is this the case?’ and ‘if I use a combination drench, won’t the worms develop...

21 Feb 2025