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19 September 2018
The Australian red meat and livestock industry State of the Industry Report 2018 is being launched tonight (Wednesday 19 September) by Red Meat Advisory Council (RMAC) at a special event at Parliament House, Canberra.

12 September 2018
Recent high prices for lambs reflect a constrained supply coming onto the market, in particular a lack of quality heavy lambs.

12 September 2018
The national heavy lamb indicator recently surpassed 900¢/kg carcase weight (cwt), the first time ever it’s exceeded this mark.

12 September 2018
In the year ending June 2018, Australian red meat, offal and livestock exports reached A$13.78 billion, up 13% year-on-year and largely underpinned by an increase in cattle turn-off and higher smallstock prices.

12 September 2018
Challenging conditions led to increased cattle, lamb and mutton slaughter in July, as well as a decline in carcase weights across the board.

29 August 2018
Over a third of Australia’s sheep flock resides in NSW – which has had its driest January to July period since 1965. This has resulted in a delay of new season lambs presenting at NSW saleyards, down 50% on the same time last year.

28 August 2018
In just two months, east Australian lamb prices have crashed through the 700¢ and 800¢/kg cwt mark, breaking records and grabbing headlines along the way - but has Australia remained competitive in the global market following the latest surge?

28 August 2018
In just two months, east Australian lamb prices have crashed through the 700¢ and 800¢/kg cwt mark, breaking records and grabbing headlines along the way - but has Australia remained competitive in the global market following the latest surge?

22 August 2018
WA sheep producers may be looking east in envy at record lamb prices. WA prices are good, by historical measures, but well behind the 800¢ on offer in the east. Here we look at some of the reasons for this discrepancy.

15 August 2018
According to the latest ABS data, year-to-June national lamb slaughter surpassed 12 million head for the first time on record.