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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Australia exports record amounts of mutton as prices rise for producers

ABC

Australia is well on track to have its biggest year for mutton exports, with more than 200,000 tonnes sent overseas in the first 10 months of 2024. According to Meat and Livestock Australia, the nation has processed nearly 1 million sheep over the past four weeks, which is up 42 per cent on the same period last year, and up …

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1 year, 2 months 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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1 year, 2 months 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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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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1 year, 9 months ago

Saleyard lamb prices decline after summer of highs, supermarkets costs tipped to stay high

ABC

After holding up in the face of plunging cattle values, lamb prices are beginning to drop at a fast pace. Key points: Merino lamb prices have plunged nearly 30 per cent since the end of January An analyst predicts meat prices are expected to remain high on supermarket shelves for months, despite the downturn at saleyards A Colac butcher has …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Now Lurpak nears a TENNER a pack

Daily Mail

A large tub of Lurpak is now close to £10 in one major supermarket, it was revealed today, as it emerged shops have started putting anti-theft devices on staples such as cheese, meat and baby milk because they are classed as 'high value'. Sainsbury's this week revealed that like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, declined by 4 per cent over the 16 …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Shoppers warned supermarket lamb prices will rise without live export

ABC

Shoppers have been warned to expect to pay more for lamb at the supermarket, as the sheep industry prepares for a future without live exports. Key points: A well established WA sheep producer is quitting the industry due to the looming shut down of live exports Consumers have been warned they'll pay more for lamb as the WA flock shrinks …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Live TV debate exposes Democrats’ differences in Senate race

Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The first live-televised prime-time debate between leading candidates for the Democratic nomination for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat exposed differences between the rivals Thursday, as they seized opportunities to attack each other. John Fetterman, the state’s lieutenant governor who has led polls and fundraising, took the brunt of the attacks from state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta of Philadelphia …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Lamb prices to remain high amid abattoir worker shortage, while opposition questions ag visa's existence

ABC

Consumers can expect lamb prices to remain high while a shortage of workers puts pressure on abattoirs to keep up with demand. Key points: A Riverina abattoir hopes the ag visa will help to fill 70 vacant jobs Addressing the labour shortage is the biggest challenge facing abattoirs Labor leader Anthony Albanese says the ag visa "doesn't exist" Gundagai Meat …

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5 years, 6 months ago

Farmers celebrate record lamb prices but it's not good news for everyone

ABC

It is a familiar story — high commodity prices benefit some parts of the supply chain, but not others. "Naturally we've got to be able to try to get that money back at the other end but when prices jump up fairly quickly, we've struggled to do that," Mr Frew said. "We won't be laying anybody off, it's too difficult …

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