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Farm-to-plate producers without meat processor as Dardanup Butchering Company halts slaughtering service
3 months, 1 week ago

Farm-to-plate producers without meat processor as Dardanup Butchering Company halts slaughtering service

ABC  

Farm-to-plate meat will be harder to buy after one of Western Australia's largest butchers announced it would stop slaughtering and processing stock for independent producers. The Dardanup Butchering Company told customers last week it would no longer offer "service kills", effectively freezing some farmers out of the meat market. In a statement, DBC said capacity constraints meant the company was …

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Woolworths to cut lamb prices but frustration remains for farmers and processors
1 year, 1 month ago

Woolworths to cut lamb prices but frustration remains for farmers and processors

ABC  

Woolworths says it is a pre-Christmas gift for struggling families, the meat industry says it is the market adjusting to oversupply, and farmers battling record-low sheep prices say it is an admission consumers are being ripped off. Key points: Woolworths will cut lamb prices by 20 per cent and other supermarkets are expected to follow An oversupply of the market …

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Sheep price for farmers at lowest level in years, so when will shoppers see lower prices for lamb?
1 year, 1 month ago

Sheep price for farmers at lowest level in years, so when will shoppers see lower prices for lamb?

ABC  

There are too many sheep in Australia. "Price flow from sale yard prices through to the retail takes about eight months for both cattle and sheep," MLA spokesman Steve Bignell says. Lamb prices fell back 40 per cent year on year to the lowest price since 2014, and for old sheep sold as mutton, the fall was almost 80 per …

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High lamb prices at the supermarket frustrate farmers as saleyard price drops year-on-year
1 year, 6 months ago

High lamb prices at the supermarket frustrate farmers as saleyard price drops year-on-year

ABC  

Farmer Colin Harper was fed up with being a price taker — and not a price maker — when it came to selling his lambs. Key points: The Riverina farmer is now processing and marketing his own lamb in order to set his own prices The National Trade Lamb Indicator has dropped almost $2/kilogram year-on-year Livestock agent Harry Morton says …

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Raising lambs takes on new directions as farmers work hard to keep mum and babies healthy
4 years, 3 months ago

Raising lambs takes on new directions as farmers work hard to keep mum and babies healthy

ABC  

Farmers are being trained in methods to improve the survival of multiple-birth lambs and the need to apply tough love to the raising of poddy lambs. Key points: Scans and preparation are boosting lamb survival rates Privacy in birth is good for ewes and lambs Tough love can help lambs survival Paddocks are filling with spring lambs, and twins and …

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World's Most Expensive Sheep Fetches Rs 3.5 Crore at an Auction in Scotland. Here's Why
4 years, 3 months ago

World's Most Expensive Sheep Fetches Rs 3.5 Crore at an Auction in Scotland. Here's Why

News 18  

A Texel lamb has become the world’s most expensive sheep after being sold for nearly £368,000 at an auction in Scotland. The sheep called Double Diamond, sold for 350,000 guineas on Thursday at the Scottish National Texel Sale in Lanark, Scotland. One of the buyers, Jeff Aiken, flock manager at Procters Farm, told Sky News that a lot of breeders …

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Most expensive sheep ever sold fetches £367,500 at auction
4 years, 3 months ago

Most expensive sheep ever sold fetches £367,500 at auction

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Texel lamb has become the world’s most expensive sheep …

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