Mid-year sheep projections from Meat and Livestock Australia show the national flock has slid to 80 million, as producers shift out of sheep and into cropping.
It's forecast the Americans will take 18 per cent less of our lamb, hit by a flagging economy and a strong Australian dollar.
Debt is also on the rise, as producers try to meet record high grain and fuel costs.
Sheep
Farmers have been warned that selling or passing on leftover bluetongue vaccines is illegal, as the disease reaches more than 3,300 premises across the UK and…
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Sheep
Fireworks could leave sheep farmers with fewer lambs next spring, the National Sheep Association (NSA) has warned, as Bonfire Night falls during a particularly…
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Sheep
British sheep farmers could face costly changes to livestock transport practices under a proposed UK-EU trade agreement, the National Sheep Association (NSA)…
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