Australia’s mutton glut sent prices tumbling, and some farmers are culling or giving away their sheep to save costs instead of rearing them on-farm. Mutton prices have slumped 70% over the past year ...

On 2,000 hectares of grazing land near Uralla, in the Australian state of New South Wales, a mob of more than 6,000 merino and cross-breed sheep forage for six weeks at a time under the approximately ...

My husband Richard and I run Burbury Ag, a large-scale mix-ed farming operation across Tasmania’s northern Midlands with ...

AUSTRALIA – A huge row has blown up in Western Australia following the government’s decision to ban live-sheep exports by May 1, 2028 – ultimately pushing farmers out of business. The government has ...

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Australia’s Minister for Agriculture has announced that the nation’s live sheep export trade is to end on May 1, 2028. The end date will be legislated in the Labor government’s current term, after the ...

Massive lizards could be used to guard sheep from being munched on by blowflies. These huge reptiles, known as heath goannas, are native Australian scavengers that feast on dead animals such as rats.

The Western Australian sheep industry has experienced significant structural change in recent years, with sharp movements in prices, flock numbers, and market flows.

We’ve seen this before; it’s even been used to protest, as when New Zealand farmer Mike Bowler protested the high price of feed during a drought by spelling out “BUGGER” with his sheep. But we’ve ...