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Domestic lamb consumption may fall but don't be 'scared', says MLA boss

Domestic lamb consumption may fall but don't be 'scared', says MLA boss

MLA managing director, Jason Strong, says high lamb prices are likely to reduce domestic lamb consumption but producers shouldn't be "scared".

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Big Merino double goes to Glenpaen at ASWS

Big Merino double goes to Glenpaen at ASWS

The Miller family's Glenpaen stud shut out the opposition in the battle for major Merino honours at this year's Australian Sheep & Wool Show.

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Interstate Merinos tussle at Australian Sheep & Wool Show

Interstate Merinos tussle at Australian Sheep & Wool Show

Studs from all over Australia were in the prizes during the first day of the Australian Sheep & Wool Show in Bendigo.

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Tackling shearer injury rates

Tackling shearer injury rates

Wearable technology for shearer injury prevention

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Bid to cash in on WA wool

Bid to cash in on WA wool

WA Merino wool needs its own brand to capitalise on market potential and to boost grower returns by eliminating a traditional price discount, local wool industry doyen Peter Scanlan has declared.

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A blueprint for the shearing shed of the future

A blueprint for the shearing shed of the future

Is this Australia's most efficient and safest shearing shed design?

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Charities to benefit from wool auction

Charities to benefit from wool auction

Supporting rural families in need was the focus of a generous charity wool auction at the Western Wool Centre last week, when 17 bales of wool were sold for $31,219.

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Polwarth studs foster ag school interest

Polwarth studs foster ag school interest

Bendigo's Catherine McAuley College students are busy preparing their Polwarth stud sheep for this year's Australian Sheep & Wool Show.

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Eyes on Bendigo for big Merino sale

Eyes on Bendigo for big Merino sale

Eyes will be on Bendigo as the Australian Sheep & Wool Show's Merino ram sale kicks off the ram selling season and sets the precedent for a busy period ahead.

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Wool recovers ahead of three-week recess

Wool recovers ahead of three-week recess

Wool prices continued to recover at a Western Wool Centre (WWC) one-day sale last week, after the slump that ended the previous season, before live wool auctions went into an annual three-week recess.

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Domestic lamb consumption may fall but don't be 'scared', says MLA boss

Domestic lamb consumption may fall but don't be 'scared', says MLA boss

MLA managing director, Jason Strong, says high lamb prices are likely to reduce domestic lamb consumption but producers shouldn't be "scared".

Arm the farmers with information

Arm the farmers with information

Elders believe collaboration is the missing link in precision agriculture

Lisgar herd in safe hands

Lisgar herd in safe hands

Since 1961, Lisgar Station, situated between Bowen and the Burdekin, has been successfully owned and managed by Edward and Dorothy Rea, and now by Robert and Donna Rea and their son Robert Jnr who started working full-time on the property in 2013.