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Jan 20, 2025 · Research and Development. AWI spruiks Wear Wool Not Waste success, but extra sales…. AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation believes there is a strong case to continue marketing campaigns to create demand and defend the fibre despite admitting its latest ‘Wear Wool Not Waste’ campaign might not yet have generated extra sales…
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Jan 13, 2025 · Stock Handling & Animal Welfare. NZ Merino Company suspends two farms after PETA investigation. LEADING ethical wool marketer, the New Zealand Merino Company, has suspended two farms from its ZQ program after anti-wool activist group PETA released video footage of alleged cruel treatment of sheep in NZ wool sheds…
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Live Export. Peak sheep body stays in live sheep transition co-design process. PEAK body Sheep Producers Australia will participate in the co-design process for the Federal Government’s live sheep export transition support package, but remains highly sceptical genuine assistance will be delivered to affected farmers…
National Feedbase Summary 20 January 2025 - Sheep Central
Jan 20, 2025 · January demonstrated both continued improvements and persistent contrasts in feedbase conditions across Australia: Eastern Australia: Widespread rainfall in Queensland and New South Wales further boosted biomass levels.Many areas in northern Queensland and parts of New South Wales now consistently surpass 1500 kg/DM/ha, with some regions transitioning into the 1750–2000 kg/DM/ha range.
Need for on-farm cost focus by wool growers and in levy spend
3 days ago · AUSTRALIAN sheep producers considering dispersing their flocks have been urged to analyse their cost of production and returns relative to other enterprises. WoolProducers Australia president Steve Harrison told Sheep Central he was concerned at the number of flock dispersals being advertised online ...
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SheepCentral.com is a free online news and market intelligence service dedicated to the Australian sheep and wool industries. It is independently owned and managed by two of Australia’s most experienced rural journalists, Jon Condon and James Nason. Sheep Central’s editor is Terry Sim, based in Macarthur, Victoria. Every day, www.sheepcentral.com is updated with business-focused content ...
Terminal rams on wool ewes top 2024 NSW sheep gross margins
6 days ago · NEW South Wales sheep producers have been advised to focus on enterprise flexibility and diversification in meat and wool to maximise returns and minimise losses. NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development sheep development officer Geoff Casburn offered the advice after gross ...
Sheep Producers Australia qualifies Keep the Sheep commitment
Sep 9, 2024 · It was a bit mischievous of Sheep Central to cast SPA as a villain for not “committing” to #KeeptheSheep. As the sheep meat producer peak industry council, SPA has been tireless in its written and in-person efforts to persuade the government to reverse its intention to phase out live sheep export — maybe so tireless that the …
Labor’s live sheep trade ‘transition’ is leaving farmers behind
Oct 10, 2024 · TODAY marks three months since the legislation to end live sheep exports by sea by May 2028 came into effect. The industry and farmers remain in the dark about the Albanese Government’s transition plans and funding package details.
Government policy concerns undermine sheep farmer confidence
Sep 16, 2024 · SHEEP producer confidence took a leap forward this quarter on the back of an improved seasonal outlook and commodity prices, according to the latest Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey.