Sheep

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Market Comment

Processing picks up

In promising signs for the sheepmeat supply chain, the latest slaughter figures suggest that capacity limitations in meatworks have eased. This didn’t translate to stronger

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Market Comment

Small offering does the trick

Volatility at the saleyards has driven producers to hold their stock back in the paddock. This week the limited offering drove up the saleyard price

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Market Analysis

Australian flock profile

The mythology of the wool industry tends to focus on sheep stations but the reality is that these large farms account for a small proportion

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Market Analysis

Percentiles – January 2022

Mecardo’s Percentiles update for January 2022. Click below to view the latest report Grains Oilseeds Sheep and lambs Cattle Wool Dairy Fuel Percentiles are an important

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Market Analysis

Quantifying Omicron Impacts

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

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Research: Analysis of the Australian sheep flock

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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