An upstanding Wickepin-bred Poll Merino ram sold to a top of $14,000 at the Lewis family’s Lewisdale Ram Sale, that resulted in a 100 per cent clearance.
Bob Garnant
A new platform promising to revolutionise early-stage investment in agriculture has launched in WA — and it’s already backing one of the State’s rising agtech stars.
Cally Dupe
A world-first lamb product graded at 7 per cent intramuscular fat and above will soon hit premium restaurant plates in Sydney.
Melissa Pedelty
Stone Axe Pastoral began exporting its first chilled carcases to the United Kingdom this year as part of total Australian beef exports increasing by 162 per cent in the 2024 calendar year.
Pilbara-based Pardoo Station general manager Jeff McInnerney has set his sights on a bright future in the cattle industry with strategic breeding practices and market optimisation efforts.
Keynote speaker Hon Andrew Robb AO and The Food Scientist Dr Anneline Padayachee will headline the live export industry’s biggest two-day biennial conference, in its first return to Perth since 2017.
National and Western Australian sheep and lamb processor throughput has recorded a sharp downturn in July and August 2025, compared to the same period over the past five years.
DEAN HUBBARD
WA lamb prices have stabilised following a record-breaking surge in early August, driven by the arrival of new-season lambs and ongoing tight supply conditions.
The chemical pheromone that is naturally produced by lactating cows may lead researchers to discover a synthetic version that could be used to calm cattle and improve animal welfare.
Australia’s beef industry is poised to hit record production levels this year, as demand for the “best beef in the world” continues to soar.
Meat and Livestock Australia and the Grains Research and Development Corporation are joining forces to support mixed farming businesses across Australia through producer demonstration site projects.
Red meat industry participants with passion and flair for social media are being encouraged to apply for Meat and Livestock Australia’s Social Media Academy.
Australian-funded workshops in Indonesia are boosting preventative protection of both nations’ livestock industries from foot and mouth and lumpy skin diseases.
Dairy beef is being seen as a valuable market opportunity in WA due to its taste quality, not just a way to manage non-replacement calves.
WA has helped propel Australia’s red meat industry to a record-breaking financial year, recording its highest annual mutton kill since 2008.
A Canadian giant’s plan to buy Yeeda Pastoral Company has taken a major step forward after the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal from a minority shareholder trying to block the $55 million deal.
Georgia Campion
A highly awarded Gnowangerup-bred Poll Merino ram offered by the House family of Barloo stud sold to a top of $26,000 at the Rabobank WA Sheep Show & Sale.
The Mullan family of Eastville Park Merino and Poll Merino stud in Wickepin took out the prestigious supreme title at the Rabobank WA Sheep Expo & Sale.
WA Merino field days combined with the Rabobank WA Sheep Expo & Ram Sale had 35 studs displaying and or showing Merino and Poll Merinos at various locations throughout the Great Southern.
Sheep and lamb prices have softened earlier this week from a national perspective but still remain at historically strong levels in WA.
WA’s heavy lamb price has soared to unbelievable heights, smashing the $400 per head mark for the first time in history at a competitive and lively sale at the Muchea Livestock Centre.
Cally Dupe and Bob Garnant
The 28th annual Narrogin Long Wool Day had 25 Merino and Poll Merino studs displaying their top rams for stud and commercial growers to inspect before the upcoming ram selling season.
A new generation of Merino seedstock breeders is using objective measurements to benchmark by validation of dollars per hectare
