Cattle producers keen to test their skills in Western Australia’s premier feedlot competition are being urged to get their entries in, with nominations for the Gate 2 Plate Challenge closing on November 10.
Bob Garnant
LambEx, the world’s biggest sheep, lamb and wool forum, will open its doors for WA sheep producers to participate in its 2026 Australian Meat Processor Corporation Carcase Showcase.
Gandy Angus will offer 62 powerful bulls combining maternal pedigrees built over 40 years and excellent sire bloodlines to produce progeny with unmatched Estimated Breeding Values and commercial performance.
A new national accreditation scheme for the Australian livestock transport industry aims to set a benchmark for animal welfare, traceability, and biosecurity.
Emanuel Exports’ MV Kuwait live sheep export ship has docked at Fremantle, marking the first live sheep export ship to visit WA in six months and allaying fears the trade had come to a premature halt.
Cally Dupe & Georgia Campion
Australia’s beef industry has slashed its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 70 per cent during the past 20 years while continuing to smash production goals — culminating in a record 2.75 million tonnes
Georgia Campion
Small and medium livestock producers are being called on to take part in a national survey to share their views and experiences on the challenge of shrinking abattoir access across Australia.
An incentive program to continue the State Government’s goal of having all WA sheep and goats fitted with electronic tags by mid next year has been extended but scaled back by 15c per tag.
A new on-farm research project named Smart-Ewe aims to identify traits that make sheep resilient to nutritional variation.
The Katanning Sheep Field Day at the Katanning Research Station included the Yardstick Merino Sire Evaluation Trial results for the 2024-drop progeny from 12 industry sires, including two link sires.
Sheep producers were updated with the advances in methane reduction research, as well as the latest Yardstick benchmarking data at the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Sheep Field Day
Australia’s quality “clean lamb notes” have raised praise as international chefs take home a sumptuous story of provenance from WA.
Cattle lot feeders are buying up big this year in what industry analysts say is a sign of “continued confidence” in the sector.
Cally Dupe
The Great Southern town of Mt Barker has celebrated a major milestone — 25 years of cattle sales and operations at its regional saleyards, officially opening in 2000.
A first-time buyer syndicate of Anderson Poll Merino rams paid the most, bidding to the top price of $10,000 at the Anderson family’s annual ram sale, that offered “traits of the future”.
The Levett family, who produce prime lambs in Walkaway were first time overall winners of the WA Meat Marketing Co-operative’s Producer of the Year Awards,.
Merino and Poll Merino ram breeders paid to a top of $5200 for the quality line-up at the King family’s 47th Annual Rangeview Ram Sale
WA lamb producers were enforced with the message “it’s a good time to be in industry” at the WA Meat Marketing Co-operatives annual general meeting.
More and more Australians are consuming red meat in a new report that indicates trust in the nation’s livestock sector is at an all-time high.
Australia’s biggest livestock export conference will get the royal treatment when it comes to Perth after organisers announced the event would now be held at Crown Perth, instead of Optus Stadium.
Corrigin woolgrowers Greg and Ben Doyle were taken by the “long and stretchy” ram at the Dewar family’s 18th Annual Woodyarrup Ram Sale, bidding to a top of $7000 for its quick growing appeal.
The Kojonup Breeders Triple S Ram Sale resulted in all four vendors receiving a lift in average prices as buyers were keen to bid with confidence from higher lamb values.
Securing the most structurally correct ram, Mt Barker woolgrower Dean Trotter paid the $9000 top price at the Thompson family’s Moojepin Merinos 23rd Annual Ram Sale.
Merinotech WA Poll, based at Marbellup in the Great Southern, was formed in 1988 by 110 commercial growers who wanted to exploit the latest technology and genetics into their breeding programs.
