A field of eight candidates will vie for three vacant seats on the board of Australian Wool Innovation.

Feedback is being sought on a discussion paper to decide if this year's ban on live sheep exports during the northern hemisphere summer will continue next year.

The live sheep export moratorium during the northern hemisphere summer is nearing an end for the 2019 season writes Mecardo's Matt Dalgeish.

The Animal Justice Party has introduced legislation to ban mulesing in NSW by 2022.

Meat & Livestock Australia has launched a new spring lamb campaign as new-season suckers hit the market in larger numbers.

Saleyard prices for lambs are running well above what processors are offering for over-the-hooks sales.

Wider use of supplementary feeding is boosting the carcase weights of Australian lambs.

A hairdresser from Manildra in central West NSW is also shearing some quality wool from the family's Merino flock.

Live sheep exports to the Middle East have resumed out of Fremantle after the end of a temporary ban.

The lower numbers slaughtered in June came in at an average carcase weight of 23.9kgs.