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07 February 2018
It has been a turbulent 48 hours on the US stock market with the Dow Jones Index collapsing 1,175 points (or 5%) on Monday, compounding its 666 point fall on Friday, before it recovered 567 points to finish Tuesday trading at 24,913 points (US time).

05 April 2024
There is a well-known adage that 80% of an animal’s value comes from 20% of its carcase, leaving the remainder to be considered as ‘co-products’. These co-products encompass a range of items such as runners, tallow, hides, tripe, beef cheeks, liver and other organs.

23 July 2020
Foodservice continues to be one of the most impacted industries from COVID-19, with the pandemic creating a ‘new reality’ in many key Australian markets.

07 November 2018
New season lambs are beginning to enter the market in earnest – last week’s saleyard throughput more than doubled from a fortnight ago to 80,000 head across MLA reported Victorian saleyards.

11 August 2023
Young lamb or new season lamb supplies follow a seasonal trend with breeding cycles. Young lambs are generally less than five months old and from the most current season. Supplies tend to peak during the spring flush when lambs born in the current joining season are marked and brought to market. When joining occurs around March and April, the supply of young lambs reduces and by June there are hardly any available.

03 February 2023
On Thursday 16 February, Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) will present a live webinar covering all key aspects of Australia’s sheep flock and its forecasts for 2023

10 September 2021
Cattle and sheep market wrap

07 November 2017
Stephen Creese (pictured) oversees one of Tasmania's largest lamb production enterprises, turning off 31,000 lambs a year. Find out how he uses simple marketing strategies to find the right customer for each animal.

07 March 2019
The cattle market retreated further this week as turn-off ramped up across NSW and Queensland. Slaughter numbers and weekly yardings continue to rise to levels not seen since 2015.