Livestock
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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…
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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…
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Set up your weaning program for success
Alison Desmond, Project leader, BestWool/BestLamb WEANING is a significant event in the management calendar and at a time when both lamb and ewe productivity is on…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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