The Swine Fever crisis that swept through China in 2019 and 2020 had a dramatic impact on Chinese and world protein supplies. It took some
With significant numbers of sheep and lamb being shifted off the farm, recent patches of rain and easing prices have seen some jump at restocker
With weekly National Livestock Reporting Service reports showing lamb slaughter at well above both year-ago and five-year-average figures this year, it came as no surprise
Rainfall across Victoria and into south-eastern NSW over the last week offered a slight reprieve from the falling lamb market but did nothing to stop
We used to get Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) livestock slaughter data monthly. Now it comes quarterly, and as such we get a big drop
The latest ABS livestock data was released this week, showing that lamb slaughter for the June 2023 quarter has actually dropped compared to the January-March
Spring is right around the corner, and with it comes new season lamb sales. Producers with plenty of lambs on the ground thanks to good
There was little joy in the sheep and lamb market this week as most prices continued to slide south. The main exception was restocker lambs,
Attending Western Victoria’s largest sheep event, Sheepvention, this week, the decline in spending was apparently notable. With lamb and wool prices both in the doldrums,
Some lamb categories rallied ever so slightly this week, but mutton continued to drop despite sheep yardings being lower week-on-week. Producer preference to avoid uncertain
Australia’s major sheepmeat export competitor, New Zealand, has been going through flock decline for a decade and their production has followed suit, albeit at a
Both yardings and slaughter for sheep and lamb are on their way back up after the usual mid-winter processor slowdowns come to an end, and
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