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Did you know Australia’s wool levy collecting system is under review?

AUSTRALIA’S wool industry levy-setting mechanism, WoolPoll, is under review, but there is concern many growers might not be aware or have not had an opportunity to give feedback…Read More

Terry Sim, March 4, 2026

News

ABARES predicts $100bn farm output milestone will be hit early

INCREASING beef and winter crop volumes are forecast to drive Australia’s farm gate production value above $100 billion this financial year – four years ahead of the National Farmers Federation’s 2030 target…Read More

Terry Sim, March 3, 2026

Animal ID and monitoring

NSW opens sheep and goat EID equipment rebate applications

ELIGIBLE New South Wales sheep and goat producers can now apply for a 50 percent rebate up to a maximum of $1500 for a hand-held electronic tag reader, in the second round of a Minns Government program…Read More

Sheep Central, March 3, 2026

New spray-on delivers dual protection against flystrike

Elanco has announced the Australian launch of CLiK Duostar, the first dicyclanil-based product that prevents and treats blowfly strike…Read More

Rain on cropping and pastoral country brightens outlook

BIG RAIN in South Australia and Victoria, now stretching into New South Wales, has set up parts of the grainbelt for a strong start to the winter-cropping season…Read More

Liz Wells, March 4, 2026

Weather

BOM weekly rainfall update 3 March 2026 + outlook

WEEKLY rainfall totals of 50-150mm were recorded across southern and south-eastern South Australia, in northern and central Victoria north of the Dividing Range and parts of coastal New South Wales, and 25-50mm in north-western Tasmania, parts of central and eastern Victoria, and south-eastern NSW…Read More

Bureau of Meteorology, March 3, 2026

Export Lamb

Middle East conflict and rain impact lamb markets

MIDDLE East conflict has affected lamb prices at the Bendigo saleyards in Victoria today, but recent rain, lower industry supplies and strong restocker demand are expected to mitigate any ongoing impacts…Read More

Terry Sim, March 2, 2026

Nutrition & Animal Health

Feedgrain Focus: Markets lift despite patchy rain in south

DOMESTIC prices for feed wheat and barley strengthened last week on limited offerings from growers and the trade, while sorghum prices have kicked in anticipation of post Lunar New Year buying from China…Read More

Liz Wells, March 2, 2026

Nutrition & Animal Health

Ridley HY26 profits up 137pc, fertilisers business update

Emma Alsop, March 2, 2026

News

Meat Business Women extends awards application deadline

Sheep Central, March 2, 2026

Recruitment

Recruitment: Key considerations for employers in job interviews

James Price*, JPAbusiness 27/02/2026, March 2, 2026

Domestic Lamb

WA processors get $16m-plus as sheep plants wind back and close

Terry Sim, February 27, 2026

Export Lamb

Bill seeks 30pc duty on Australian and NZ sheep and wool products

Sheep Central, February 27, 2026

News

Big beef production hit from negative meat yield trend

Terry Sim, February 27, 2026

Industry Dashboard

Carbon Trading Market

Aust. Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs) - $/tonne of CO2 equiv.

Today

36.25

Source: Jarden

$A / $US

Updated 7am daily

Today

0.7076

Source: NAB

ASX Market Index

06 Mar 2026 (updated 10am daily)

Company	Price	Trending
Elders	$8.96
Australian Agricultural Co	$1.52
Graincorp	$7.29
Ridley	$2.12
Woolworths	$36.64
Wellard	$0.06

Source: ASX

SOI Graph

Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)

Today

8.7

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology

ESTLI

Eastern States Trade Lamb Indicator. Ac/kg cwt

Last Week

1127.5

Source: MLA's NLRS

EMI

Eastern Market Indicator. c/kg clean

Today

1716

Source: Australian Wool Exchange

Goat

Eastern States 12.1-16kg c/kg cwt

Today

Source: MLA

ASX Market Index

06 Mar 2026 (updated 10am daily)

Company	Price	Trending
Elders	$8.96
Australian Agricultural Co	$1.52
Graincorp	$7.29
Ridley	$2.12
Woolworths	$36.64
Wellard	$0.06

Source: ASX

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Did you know Australia’s wool levy collecting system is under review?

AUSTRALIA’S wool industry levy-setting mechanism, WoolPoll, is under review, but there is concern many growers might not be aware or have not had an opportunity to give feedback…Read More

Terry Sim, March 4, 2026

ABARES predicts $100bn farm output milestone will be hit early

Terry Sim, March 3, 2026

Rain on cropping and pastoral country brightens outlook

BIG RAIN in South Australia and Victoria, now stretching into New South Wales, has set up parts of the grainbelt for a strong start to the winter-cropping season…Read More

Liz Wells, March 4, 2026

BOM weekly rainfall update 3 March 2026 + outlook

Bureau of Meteorology, March 3, 2026

Markets

Wool prices lift despite larger offering and strong currency

AUSTRALIAN wool prices have lifted at auctions this week despite a larger national bale offering and a strong currency…Read More

Sheep Central, February 27, 2026

East coast wool prices lift to highest level in six years

WOOL prices lifted this week, pushing Australia’s eastern wool market indicator to its highest level since 2019…Read More

Sheep Central, February 13, 2026

Healthy increases in Merino wool prices at auctions

MERINO wool prices improved this week, bouncing back from the losses experienced in last week’s auction series…Read More

Sheep Central, February 6, 2026

Wool prices step back as Aussie dollar exchange rate lifts

WOOL prices retracted at auctions this week, heavily influenced by a stronger Australian dollar against the United States currency…Read More

Sheep Central, January 30, 2026

Emma Alsop, March 2, 2026

Victorian sheep farmer fined $10,000 on animal cruelty charges

A VICTORIAN sheep farmer has been fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to multiple counts of animal cruelty…Read More

Sheep Central, February 25, 2026

Feedgrain Focus: Qld rain brightens new-crop prospects

SUBSTANTIAL rain over parts of the Queensland grainbelt has been welcomed, falling at the ideal time for recently planted sorghum in Central Qld, and topping up subsoil ahead of winter-crop planting in autumn…Read More

Liz Wells, February 23, 2026

Wool Production

Did you know Australia’s wool levy collecting system is under review?

AUSTRALIA’S wool industry levy-setting mechanism, WoolPoll, is under review, but there is concern many growers might not be aware or have not had an opportunity to give feedback…Read More

Terry Sim, March 4, 2026

Feedgrain Focus: Markets lift despite patchy rain in south

Liz Wells, March 2, 2026

Ridley HY26 profits up 137pc, fertilisers business update

STOCKFEED and fertiliser distribution business Ridley has reported a statutory net profit after tax $52.7 million for the half-year ended December 31 in results out last week…Read More

Emma Alsop, March 2, 2026

Victorian sheep farmer fined $10,000 on animal cruelty charges

A VICTORIAN sheep farmer has been fined $10,000 after pleading guilty to multiple counts of animal cruelty…Read More

Sheep Central, February 25, 2026

Processing

Payback time for black singlets in trans-Tasman shearing test

NEW Zealand shearers reclaimed trans-Tasman supremacy with a win by almost six points over pre-post TAB favourites Australia at the 60th anniversary Southern Shears shearing and wool handling championships in Gore..Read More

Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, February 23, 2026

Gundagai Lamb to provide EID tag-linked carcase feedback

GUNDAGAI Lamb will soon give producers the ability to match carcase eating quality and health feedback directly to electronically tagged lambs as part of the company’s unique feedback offering…Read More

Terry Sim, February 18, 2026

Australian shearers rated favourites in trans-Tasman test

NEW Zealand’s shearing team is likely to start the outsider in a trans-Tasman test match being shorn at the two-day 60th anniversary Southern Shears Shearing and Woolhandling Championships in Gore this week…Read More

Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, February 18, 2026

Aussie shearers beat Kiwi speedsters at Oberon Quickshear

WORLD record holding Western Australian shearer Ethan Harder became the first Aussie to win the $20,000 for first place in the Oberon Quickshear on the weekend, shearing a composite lamb in just 19.31 seconds…Read More

Terry Sim, February 16, 2026

Trade

Middle East conflict and rain impact lamb markets

Terry Sim, March 2, 2026

WA processors get $16m-plus as sheep plants wind back and close

WESTERN Australian sheep producers are protesting the granting of 80 percent, or more than $16 million, of the $20m in supply chain capacity grants to abattoirs, despite low sheep numbers causing at least one premature plant closure this week…Read More

Terry Sim, February 27, 2026

Bill seeks 30pc duty on Australian and NZ sheep and wool products

AMERICAN sheep producers are seeking a 30 percent duty on all sheep products and lamb products from Australia and New Zealand, including wool…Read More

Sheep Central, February 27, 2026

New US tariff at 10pc for lamb, but Trump still set on 15pc

A NEW Trump tariff on Australia’s sheep and goat meat imports into the United States has been initially set at 10 percent, the same level as the previous global Liberation Day tariff…Read More

Sheep Central, February 25, 2026

Property

Weekly property review: Central West Queensland regional spotlight

QUEENSLAND’S Central West rural property market has emerged as one of the state’s strongest performers, with values reaching record levels after five to six seasons of improved rainfall and sustained confidence in commodity prices…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, February 27, 2026

Success for rural sellers in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales

SALES success for properties in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales feature in this rural real estate wrap from property editor Linda Rowley…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, February 20, 2026

Quality grazing land for sale in Qld, NSW and South Australia

QUALITY grazing properties in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria are featured in this week’s wrap-up of interesting recent listings by property editor Linda Rowley…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, February 20, 2026

Arubiddy offers world’s largest sheep station opportunity

CONSOLIDATED Pastoral Company is being offered a chance of owning the largest contiguous sheep station in the world with the latest listing on Western Australia’s Nullarbor Plain…Read More

By property editor Linda Rowley, February 13, 2026

AgCarbon Central

Microsoft makes another record-breaking soil carbon credit purchase

MICROSOFT has announced another record-breaking purchase of soil carbon credits, striking a deal with US company Indigo Ag to purchase 2.85m credits over 12 years…Read More

Sheep Central, January 19, 2026

“Broad scope”, lack of resourcing holding up soil carbon review

AN independent review of Australia’s soil carbon scheme is expected to be handed down by the end of this year, with a recent carbon conference told that the “broad scope” of the review was holding it up…Read More

Eric Barker, November 12, 2025

Soil carbon caught up in precarious political situation

SOIL carbon advancements continue to a background of a carefully balanced political situation and debate raging over “net zero” targets across the world, with Australia’s Federal Government appearing unwilling to give certainty to producers participating in the carbon market, Eric Barker reports from the National Carbon Farming conference…Read More

Eric Barker, November 5, 2025