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Industry shuns footrot control program
06 Mar 10 |
THE debate on whether to shift the footrot management program from control to eradicate is back in the spotlight again after industry representatives of the Footrot Management Committee met with the Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA) last week.
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Perth's hottest summer on record
01 Mar 10 |
PERTH has averaged 32 degrees this summer, equalling the previous record set in 1978 and almost two degrees above the summer average.
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Merino tops sheep profit test
26 Feb 10 |
WATCH out Merino knockers: Western Australian researchers have identified that run under optimal Australian Lifetime wool conditions the Merino ewe storms ahead in a gross margin per breed comparison after finding “surprising” evidence that over conditioned cleanskin sheep breeds impaired reproduction capability.
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Striking the meat and maternal balance
19 Feb 10 |
WA Merino producers will have a university student to thank once a study on the trade-off between breeding sheep for meat production and ewes' maternal efficiency is completed. Andrew
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A guide to producing tender sheep meat
19 Feb 10 |
WITH sheep meat returns having been at an all time high in WA over the past six months, workshops held across much of the agricultural area in that period by Elders in conjunction with Meat Stan
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$101 Esperance ewes off to Dongara
11 Feb 10 |
THE recent clearing sale at Brian and Karen Gravestock's Esperance property started with a bang, with their highly sought after sheep going under the hammer for a top of $101 per head.
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Aussies stand by their lamb roast
09 Feb 10 |
FORGET the rise of the gastro gourmet invasion creeping across our telly sets and smattered over restaurant menus, it’s a lamb roast that tops Aussies' most sought after dish list.
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Top of $6000 at Southend sale
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The world is curious about Australian wool
30 Jan 10 |
WHAT is happening in the Australian Merino and wool industry? And why have flock numbers declined? These were some of the questions constantly asked of World Federation of Merino Breeders president Glen Keamy when he visited New Zealand and South America recently.
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Market demands force changes to ASBV's
28 Jan 10 |
MEAT and Livestock Australia's (MLA's) release of a new LAMBPLAN Maternal Index is just the start of several exciting new genetic developments in Australian Sheep Breeding Values to be released over 2010.
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Mutton prices soaring as numbers dwindle
26 Jan 10 |
A SHORTAGE of mutton has caused prices to surge, with the national mutton indicator sitting at 315c/kg -130c/kg above the same period last year.
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Move to lamb pays off for Denmark farm
24 Jan 10 |
CUTTING their cattle numbers to produce more lambs was something of a test for Denmark farmers Don and Georgie Nekel when they made the move two years ago.
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Low sheep flock, but high prices are bonus
23 Jan 10 |
HIGH prices for producers has been the only positive to come out of the record low national sheep flock, but latest figures indicate that producers may have begun to rebuild their flocks.
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Record sheepmeat prices
22 Jan 10 |
Despite numbers lifting 30 per cent at saleyards this week to be 6pc higher than this time last year, lamb prices are at record levels for January, according to Meat and Livestock Australia.
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Live export demand defies rising prices
15 Jan 10 |
DESPITE the sharp rise in sheep export prices over the past eight months, demand for Australian sheep in the Middle East is holding strong.
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Tammin abattoir back in business
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Invasion of the Mega Merinos
15 Jan 10 |
SOUTH Africa has become well known in recent years for its new strains of Merino type sheep – and now we have another.
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High prices, but high demand
14 Jan 10 |
Middle East demand for WA sheep is still high even though prices have been steep.
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Sheep’s end of year bang
27 Dec 09 |
Sheep producers have ridden the high price wave for another year despite the global economic downturn.
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Glen-Byrne takes over Mannalea
25 Dec 09 |
MANNALEA Merino and Poll Merino stud has been sold to Bruce Edmonds of the Glen-Byrne Merino and Poll Merino stud, Calingiri.
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Middle East sheep can hit $400/hd
20 Dec 09 |
SHEEP prices in the Middle East reach as much as $400 per head during religous festivals such as the Eid Al-Adha.
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Sheepmeat defies economic downturn: Rabobank
17 Dec 09 |
WHILE many of Australia’s agricultural producers have been hit by the global economic downturn, sheepmeat producers have defied the trend, experiencing some of their highest ever prices, according to a recently-released report from Rabobank.
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