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Tracking lamb slaughter
It’s been a funny season for lamb supply and those with “steaks” in the supply chain have had to manage the ups and downs. While
Olivia Agar
December 2, 2021
It’s been a funny season for lamb supply and those with “steaks” in the supply chain have had to manage the ups and downs. While
It’s a question that comes up every spring, when will the lamb supply glut come? Lamb producers, especially in the south are perpetually trying to
At the risk of flogging a subject to death Mecardo has another look at crossbred wool prices this week, in relation to acrylic staple fibre
The spring flush of lambs in Victoria is picking up steam which added pressure to the lamb market. Mutton prices have bounced back after a
The first two months of data on live sheep exports following the northern hemisphere summer shutdown is in, and numbers remain historically low for the
Another wet week in the east was met with continued strength in lamb and sheep markets. Lamb numbers in the south are driving higher, and
It is time for the seasonal flush of lambs coming out of Western Victoria and South East South Australia. While many of the suckers appearing
Mecardo’s Percentiles update for November 2021. Click below to view the latest report Grains Oilseeds Sheep and lambs Cattle Wool Dairy Fuel Percentiles are an important
Australian lamb exports dropped last month, but mutton picked up the slack, with volumes hitting their highest monthly total since October 2020. October is historically
With parts of the east receiving rainfall totals in excess of 100mm this week, if producers weren’t already confident about pasture availability they should be
A few weeks back we had a query on the seemingly strange anomaly in the long term sheep and lamb charts, where a falling flock
While boom and bust cycles are common for most who produce food and fibre, pig farmers in China have been particularly hit hard over the
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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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