Looking at prices across the lamb & sheep market, you could almost be forgiven for thinking that it was all smooth sailing. In reality, we
The new year has started with a focus on domestic lamb consumption, as Covid-19 impacted processing and freight leaves some shelves short on meat and
It seems like this is the hundredth article we’ve written on Covid-19 impacts on livestock slaughter, but here we are again. This time it’s not
The Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) and Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) Wool and Sheepmeat survey is conducted three times a year, but October is the
As the end of the year draws near, there are plenty of positive signs for Australia’s flourishing sheep flock in 2022. The latest Meat and
Mecardo’s Percentiles update for December 2021. Click below to view the latest report Grains Oilseeds Sheep and lambs Cattle Wool Dairy* Fuel *Dairy data unavailable for
Lamb and sheep supply hit peak levels for the year last week and as a result prices cooled a little, especially in NSW, which saw
The mutton market doesn’t get a lot of attention at this time of year, with lambs flooding in and cattle prices at records. However, with
The mutton price has fallen since its mid-year peak, but remains resilient against increased supply, and the lamb price. The National Mutton Indicator is averaging
Despite the extra supply of lamb and sheep, the market held its own and prices were slightly firmer across most categories. Lamb supply is tracking
Since the Australian Bureau of Statistics switched to quarterly reporting on livestock production we can’t get as accurate a picture of what is happening with
Mecardo last looked at the sheep offtake in July. Since then seasonal conditions have remained favourable in most regions for sheep numbers to grow, so
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In this report for LiveCorp and MLA, we analysed the historical trends in the demographics of the Australian sheep flock, examining domestic factors that influence farm-level enterprise decision making.
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