We often point out how Australia and New Zealand are the only major sheepmeat exporters in the world, and the ‘agri benchmark’ confirms why. Agri
Both price and supply of lambs appear to have found some stability. Saleyard throughput has been tracking at close to average levels for the last
The shine has come off store sheep prices. After spending six months at historically extreme levels store lambs have eased in recent weeks, and some
It has been more than two years since African Swine Fever started seriously impacting the Asian pork herd, and it is still rearing its ugly
It was a wet old week across much of the country, with many west and east sheep areas enjoying a top-up of rain. Despite this,
This time last year we were bemoaning the decline of lamb export prices to the US, and its impact on heavy lambs. The latest export
Processors continued to work through another week of strong lamb and sheep supply. The positive news is that prices generally stabilised across most categories of
Lamb and sheep slaughter has managed to post consecutive year-on-year increases in monthly levels for the first time since winter 2020. Slaughter was not all
Money for mutton surged higher for the start of April, gaining more than 50¢/kg for the first two weeks of the month, before losing all
Lambs and sheep poured into yards last week in the east, with total throughput at levels rarely seen in April. Supply continued to pressure the
The MLA and AWI Wool and Sheepmeat survey is conducted three times a year, and gives a snapshot of the flock structure, and some ideas
As nice as weeks of extremely tight supply are for price, they don’t last forever. Higher flows of lamb and sheep to the yards has
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