Tighter Mutton Supplies Push Prices Higher
AUSTRALIA - Eastern states lamb supplies, as reported by MLA’s National Livestock Reporting Service, eased four per cent week-on-week, to 143,726 head, with large falls in supply recorded in...

Australian Lamb Markets Close 19 Cents Lower, Thursday
AUSTRALIA – Wednesday’s lamb markets closed 19 cents lower to 526 cents per kilo hundredweight....

Lamb Exports Return Record Values
AUSTRALIA - Despite the volume of Australian lamb exports lifting only three per cent year-on-year in May (20,528 tonnes), the value of those shipments surged 42 per cent to total A$147.1 million...

RSPCA Investigate Alleged Sheep Cruelty in Shearing Sheds
AUSTRALIA - The RSPCA in Australia has launched an investigation into cruelty complaints from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) regarding the alleged ill treatment of sheep during...

Australian Live Sheep Exports Increase in May
AUSTRALIA - Australian live sheep exports in May reached 248,745 head, one per cent higher than May 2013, while the fiscal year-to-May eased by one per cent to 1.88 million head, according to...

Australian Lamb Prices Dip as Demand Eases
AUSTRALIAN - With winter well underway across large areas of the eastern states in Australia and icy conditions expected at the close of the week, eastern states lamb supply, as reported by MLA’s...

Australian Lamb Slaughter Peaks in May
AUSTRALIA - The high drought-induced lamb slaughter seen throughout 2013 maintained momentum into the first few months of 2014, with ample lamb supplies continuing to come through, according...

JBS Australia Acquired Andrews Meats
AUSTRALIA - The Australian arm of the Brazilian meat processing giant JBS has taken over Australian process Andrews Meats....

Strong Gains for Goat Slaughter
AUSTRALIA - Average eastern Australian states weekly goat slaughter as reported by MLA’s National Livestock Reporting Service for the 2013-214 financial year was nine per cent higher than 2012-13,...

Cracking Working Dog Code
AUSTRALIA - Working dogs typically provide their owners with a five-fold return on investment. Research, partly funded by MLA, using genomic technologies to predict working dog trainability aims...

Australian Mutton Exports Reach New Highs
AUSTRALIA - Australian mutton exports reached a record 183,232 tonnes for the 2013-14 fiscal year – an increase of 27 per cent year-on-year and 59 per cent on the five-year average....

Drought Drives Supply – When Will it End?
AUSTRALIA - The 2013-14 financial year will be remembered distinctly differently by northern and southern producers – a crippling drought for the north, while in contrast, southern producers...

Australian Lamb Exports Go from Strength-to-strength
AUSTRALIA - Australian lamb export volumes for the 2013-14 fiscal year have surpassed the previous record set in 2012-13 by 13 per cent (or 25,715 tonnes ), totalling 226,306 tonnes....

Australian 2013-14 Lamb and Sheep Summary
AUSTRALIA - Average monthly eastern states lamb slaughter, as reported by MLA’s National Livestock Reporting Service (NLRS), for the 2013-14 fiscal year lifted fiveper cent year-on-year, to...

Demand Slips in Wintry Conditions
AUSTRALIA - Eastern states lamb supply as reported by MLA’s National Livestock Reporting Service eased by two per cent week-on-week, to total 150,456 head, according to Meat and Livestock Australia....

Lamb Production Reaches New Highs
AUSTRALIA - Australian lamb production in April was the largest volume for the month on record, reaching 37,445 tonnes according to Meat and Livestock Australia....

May Middle East Beef Shipments up - Declines in Lamb and Mutton
AUSTRALIA - Australian beef exports to the Middle East during May reached 6,298 tonnes, steady on last year, and one of the largest ever monthly export totals to the region, according to Meat...

Australian Lamb Exports Exceed 20,000 tonnes in May
AUSTRALIA - Australian lamb exports in May surpassed the 20,000 tonne mark for the third time on record, totalling 20,528 tonnes – up three per cent year-on-year and 27 per cent higher than...

Global Significance for Tasmanian Pasture Experiment
AUSTRALIA - The results of a 12-year experiment by University of Tasmania School of Biological Science researcher Associate Professor Mark Hovenden could lead to major changes in the way farmers...

Australian Lamb Supply Tightens
AUSTRALIA - Prices have been mixed this week across Australian markets but a widespread tightening of demand has been noted. ...

Sheep Meat Production Continues to Rise
AUSTRALIA - Consistent with the high-levels of drought-induced turnoff across major sheep producing regions over the past six months, Australian lamb production during the first quarter of 2014...

What Korean FTA Means for Australian Sheep Meat Industry
AUSTRALIA - The announcement of Australia’s FTA with Korea was readily welcomed by Australia’s agricultural sector, particularly the beef industry – seen as the ‘big winner’ in the...