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3 days ago · Weather. Weekly rainfall update + rainfall outlook 26 November 2024. WEEKLY rainfall totals of 15-50mm were recorded in large parts of Western Australia, the Northern Territory, northern and eastern Queensland, northern and eastern South Australia and areas of south-western New South Wales and Victoria…
Plans to expand parent SheepMaster stud after sale
Oct 13, 2023 · VICTORIAN sheep breeders Charlie and Lizzie Sullivan have bought the parent stud of the SheepMaster breed for an undisclosed sum. The Sullivans operate the Merton Downs SheepMaster Stud at Merton in Victoria and have plans to expand the Garnett SheepMaster parent stud flock.
Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania are big sheep growth states
Apr 6, 2023 · MLA market information manager Stephen Bignell said from 2016–2021, the number of properties running sheep nationally increased by 703, or 2pc, to 31,839, although there were some difference between states.
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Prime & Store Sheep Reports. Online buyers cautious with bigger AuctionsPlus offering. CROSSBRED, composite and Merino wether lamb prices dropped on AuctionsPlus last week as the overall commercial sheep and lamb listings rose 7 percent to 115,121 head…
Trait search puts MERINOSELECT at new world milestone
Aug 19, 2024 · INCREASED genetic selection for fleece, carcase and reproductive traits in Merinos has driven the Sheep Genetics program to a new milestone. The latest MERINOSELECT analysis has reached 500,000 genotypes, making it the …
Sheep shearing catch-and-drag made easy - Sheep Central
Mar 28, 2022 · The automatic catch-and-drag module. Source – Haynes Engineering. As previously announced in the September 2021 edition of Beyond the Bale, an automatic module is under development that contains a pneumatically powered delivery section that, at the press of a button, moves out from the race and then tilts the sheep into a position suitable for the shearer to then easily retrieve the animal.
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Live Export. Brightling’s live sheep trade claims are ‘off course’ – ALEC. AUSTRALIAN Livestock Exporters’ Council CEO Mark Harvey-Sutton refutes the claim of former livex veterinarian Dr Tony Brightling that there is no realistic prospect of a viable live sheep export trade after 1 May 2028…
Mulesing ban action prompts warning to sheep breeders
Jul 1, 2022 · The work has been done to breed sheep that do not need to be mulesed. This issue should have been solved across the industry by now. The market is screaming out for an increased supply of wool from non-mulesed sheep.
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Nov 23, 2016 · Research and Development. WoolProducers hits back at AWI chair’s McCullough comments. PEAK grower body WoolProducers Australia has hit back at what it considers an inference that it expected Australian Wool Innovation to ‘break the law’ regarding a $479,000-plus redundancy payout to former AWI chief executive officer Stuart McCullough…
Add some lucerne hay says Victoria’s latest sheep diet research
Oct 14, 2020 · AGRICULTURE Victoria scientists have confirmed what has been known for years – that adding lucerne hay to sheep diets provides a host of benefits.