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Steady week for wool sales

May 15, 2026. IT HAS been another very steady week for the wool market with the AWEX EMI easing slightly but that was really only the poorer spec wools dragging the indicator down with the better tested wools mostly dearer over the week.

Sheep

Agfest a chance to be seen and heard

EXHIBITORS at Agfest say the event is a great opportunity for them to connect with customers.

Justin Burbury from York Plains talks to Colin Targett of Van Diemen’s Land irrigation about the hard hose irrigator with Van Diemens Land Irrigation consultant Colin Targett.

Sheep feeders a market mystery

THE current lamb market is in an interesting space with most of the big abattoirs in Victoria, South Australia and NSW having enough lambs booked in for at least two weeks in advance.

Pen of sheep

Roger River Dolomite

New regional role for Michael Bailey

Michael Bailey has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Northern Tasmania Development Corporation.

Michael Bailey

Wool market backflips

ALTHOUGH the headline numbers in some wool market reports will show a decline in prices, in actual fact for the vast majority of our customers overseas the Australian wool market was actually dearer, but only by a small amount which is welcome news.

Wool fleece

Aussie beef exports up

AUSTRALIA’S beef exports are running 36 per cent higher than 12 months ago and processors surge towards filling the China quota of 205,000 tonnes with it being about half full already.

Brazillian cattle farmer

Roger River Dolomite

Agri-tourism wins exemption from short stay levy

BREAKING: The agri-tourism sector has won an exemption from the State Government's short-stay levy

agritourism

Flinn channels animal instinct

Flinn Design are redefining what it means to create high-quality stockyards and shearing sheds.

Flinn Design stockyards

All talk about the weather

THE last of the official autumn weaner sales for 2026 was held at Powranna last week when Elders and AWN yarded 2,053 cattle.

Cattle at Powranna

Roger River Dolomite

Feral pest in the firing line

FOLLOWING the closure of consultation in January of this year regarding the government’s deer management policy review, farmers across the state are patiently waiting for the final system changes to be announced.

Feral deer. Picture ZAC BARTELS