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Sheep Central, November 6, 2024. Australia wins shearing and wool handling trans-Tasman tests. A GALLANT bid to claim New Zealand’s first trans-Tasman machine shearing test win in Australia since 2010 has again fallen short with a defeat by almost 29 points in the series’ 50th anniversary match in Western Australia….
North-west Victoria dingo attacks expected to increase
Oct 4, 2024 · DEECA told Sheep Central a $2 million support package – on top of the $550,000 North West Vertebrate Pest Management Program announced in March — will fund trials, research and on-ground advice on non-lethal dingo management strategies that minimise the risk of livestock predation. The support package will include camera monitoring ...
Labor’s live sheep trade ‘transition’ is leaving farmers behind
Oct 10, 2024 · Labor’s live sheep trade ‘transition’ is leaving farmers behind. Sheep Producers Australia CEO Bonnie Skinner October 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 ...
South Australian pastoral stations stay in SA hands
Aug 29, 2024 · The 43,300ha Lake Torrens Station is located 57km north-west of Hawker and 162km from Port Augusta. The station was established in 1854 and named in honour of South Australia’s Sir Robert Richard Torrens who introduced the Torrens Land Titles system in 1858. Lake Torrens is currently run as a cattle breeding enterprise, but has the potential ...
Recruitment: Five steps to leading a great team - Sheep Central
Oct 11, 2024 · Here are just five steps to leading a great team. Step 1: You. The first step to amazing leadership begins with you ‘being the example’, not ‘setting the example’. If you expect your team to be in on time, then you commit to the time you’ve set for yourself too. If there is a certain dress standard, then you’re the standard personified.
Chinese wool investment lifts and growers outline price concerns
Oct 9, 2024 · Chinese wool investment lifts and growers outline price concerns. Sheep Central October 9, 2024. The Australian future wool industry leaders group. AUSTRALIAN wool growers and brokers were impressed by evidence of increased investment in wool processing in China during a recent Australian Wool Innovation-organised tour by future industry leaders.
Former AWI director proposes wool rethink after $35m sale
Mar 6, 2024 · AWI director Noel Henderson at the Australian Sheep and Wool Show last year. PREMIER superfine wool aggregation Avington in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges has been sold to the Southern Pastoral Group for $35 million. The 1900 hectare aggregation was offered by owners Noel and Lyndsay Henderson via expressions of interest on a walk-in-walk-out ...
New national livestock saleyards association formed
Sheep Central October 13, 2024. Australia’s livestock saleyards will be represented by a single national body. A NEW national saleyards organisation has been formed after lengthy negotiations between the sector’s two main representative bodies. The Australian Livestock Saleyards Association this morning announced that its member saleyards ...
Weekly rainfall update 29 October 2024 + outlook - Sheep Central
Sheep Central October 29, 2024. A LOW PRESSURE trough combined with a humid air mass on October 24 and 27 triggered widespread rainfall and locally severe thunderstorms with hail and strong winds, impacting southern, central and western Queensland and the northern and central coast of New South Wales. Several cold fronts crossed south-eastern ...
National Feedbase Summary 31 October 2024 - Sheep Central
Nov 1, 2024 · National Feedbase Summary 31 October 2024. Al Rayner, Cibo Labs November 1, 2024. Australia’s national feedbase in October 2024 reflects the seasonal shift from spring to summer, with varied rainfall impacting biomass across regions. Parts of South Australia, Victoria, and southern Western Australia received low rainfall, generally between 5 ...