Woman shears 502 merino lambs in nine hours to claim world record
By Angus Verley and Warwick Long
Nikki Lyons's clippers started humming at 6am. Twelve hours later, she was a world record holder.
#RecordsandAchievements #SheepFarming #SportsRecord #AngusVerley #WarwickLong
Remote sheep station 'turbocharged' by water supply hits the market
By Joanna Prendergast
One of Australia's largest sheep stations is listed for sale as wool and lamb prices soar.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-16/historic-madura-plains-for-sale-wa-sheep-station/105894986
#Agribusiness #SheepFarming #WoolGrowing #PropertyPrices #Water #JoannaPrendergast
#SilentSunday #Defaid #Defaidodon #DefaidMastodon #Sheep #SheepOfMastodon #SheepFarming #Cymru #Wales
Once parched and bare, these paddocks are now flourishing again
By Liz Rymill and Elsie Adamo
After months of dust and dry skies, farmers on South Australia's Limestone Coast have welcomed early spring rain and a promising season ahead.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-12/south-east-emerges-from-drought-and-price-slump/105848144
#Droughts #Farmers #CropHarvesting #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #LivestockFarming #SheepFarming #RegionalCommunities #RuralandRemoteCommunities #LizRymill #ElsieAdamo
Kangaroos add pressure on drought-hit farmers by eating scarce feed
By Elsie Adamo
Farmers are calling for a cull of kangaroos, which they say are being forced onto farmland by drought and dry conditions and consuming what little feed and water they have.
#AgriculturalPestControl #LivestockHealthandWelfare #LivestockFarming #Droughts #AgriculturalandFarmingPractice #Farmers #Animals #RegionalCommunities #WildlifeTrafficAccidentsandIncidents #SheepFarming #BeefCattleFarming #ElsieAdamo
Cyclist's gruelling fundraising mission to raise dementia awareness
By Jessica Schremmer
Nicholas Tremaine is cycling more than 40,000 kilometres to raise $1 million to fight the condition that's befallen his mother and is now Australia's leading cause of death.
#Health #AlzheimersandDementia #HealthPolicy #SheepFarming #HealthcareandCommunityServicesIndustry #RuralandRemoteCommunities #LivestockFarming #JessicaSchremmer
Wool price soars as production crashes and Chinese demand lifts
By Angus Verley and Matt Brann
Australian wool prices lifted sharply this week for a few reasons, including a shrinking amount of wool being produced.
#WoolGrowing #Trade #Tariffs #SheepFarming #LivestockFarming #AngusVerley #MattBrann
Country teen's long-shot bid to get shearing at the Olympics
By Rosemary Murphy and Andrew Collins
We saw break dancing added to the Olympic program for the Paris Games, and now there is a push for shearing to be included for the Brisbane Olympics in 2032.
#SheepFarming #OlympicGames #HumanInterest #Sport #RosemaryMurphy #AndrewCollins
Balloon pilots left up in the air by farmers' transition from sheep to crops
By Piper Duffy, Natasha Harradine, and Andrew Collins
The move out of sheep by an increasing number of WA farmers is having an unexpected impact on the state's hot air balloon pilots.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-20/crops-to-sheep-hot-air-balloon-landing-sites/105794124
#GrainGrowing #SheepFarming #TourismandLeisureIndustry #PiperDuffy #NatashaHarradine # #AndrewCollins
No live export ships coming for WA sheep amid high prices, looming ban
By Belinda Varischetti, Amelia Searson, and Madigan Landry
Market dynamics are stopping live export ships from coming to WA for the rest of the year, raising the prospect of an official end to the trade years before a legislated ban is enforced.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-19/no-live-sheep-export-ships-wa-ban-looming/105789752
#SheepFarming #Exports #BelindaVarischetti #AmeliaSearson # #MadiganLandry
Young dad takes over sheep station 'bigger than Singapore' to keep legacy
By Katherine Spackman and Patrick Reincke
In outback NSW, fourth-generation farmer Sam Beven is forging the way for the next generation of farming families.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-07/sam-beven-sturts-meadows-station-far-west-nsw-sa/105700330
#SheepFarming #RuralandRemoteCommunities #Farmers #Work #KatherineSpackman #PatrickReincke
Red tape slows the sale of Australia's largest sheep station
By Belinda Varischetti and Joanna Prendergast
A deal has been done to sell Rawlinna Station to a UK-owned pastoral company, but six months on the WA government is yet to approve the sale.
#SheepFarming #WoolGrowing #LocalFoodSystems #Agribusiness #PropertyPrices #AgriculturalPolicy #BelindaVarischetti #JoannaPrendergast
Sheep's natural windbreaks are often removed but a solution is taking root
By Halina Baczkowski
Scientists hope shrubs will help to improve the survival of lambs, particularly twins, on West Australian farms, by providing windbreaks and food for the animals.
#SheepFarming #Plants #ClimateChange #ScientificResearch #HalinaBaczkowski
How 'edible shelters' for sheep could boost lamb survival rates
By Halina Baczkowski
Scientists hope shrubs will help to improve the survival of lambs, particularly twins, on West Australian farms, by providing windbreaks and food for the animals.
#SheepFarming #Plants #ClimateChange #ScientificResearch #HalinaBaczkowski
Trainers share the secrets to a champion sheepdog
By Eliza Bidstrup
Australia's best sheep dogs are put to the test in Western Australia for the national championships. What makes a dog the best?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-31/working-sheepdogs-championships-northam/105699160
#AgriculturalShowsandIndustryEvents #Dogs #SheepFarming #LivestockFarming #ElizaBidstrup
Trainers share the secrets to a champion sheepdog
By Eliza Bidstrup
Australia's best sheep dogs are put to the test in Western Australia for the national championships. What makes a dog the best?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-31/working-sheepdogs-championships-northam/105699160
#AgriculturalShowsandIndustryEvents #Dogs #SheepFarming #LivestockFarming #ElizaBidstrup
Victoria's largest farming property hits market for first time since 2018
By Angus Verley and Timu King
Telopea Downs in the state's north-east is offered for sale on a walk-in, walk-out basis, seven years after it was purchased for $70 million.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-29/victorias-largest-farm-telopea-downs-on-market/105710830
#WoolGrowing #SheepFarming #Agribusiness #Farmers #RuralandRemoteCommunities #RealEstateIndustry #AngusVerley #TimuKing
Meat co-op fined $780k over PALM worker's death
By Rosemary Murphy
Western Australian Meat Marketing Co-operative are fined over the death of a Tongan worker who was pulled into moving machinery at its Katanning processing facility.
Working dogs worth billions to the Australian economy
By Nethma Dandeniya and Timu King
A study estimates the nation's 270,000 working livestock dogs contributed to the economy at an amount similar to Australia's beef exports to the US in 2023-24.
#Dogs #LivestockFarming #Farmers #SheepFarming #BeefCattleFarming #NethmaDandeniya #TimuKing
Jail for Victorian farmer whose neglect caused death of 2,500 sheep
By Annie Brown
Officers euthanase more than 1,700 sheep and find more than 700 sheep dead on Steven John Ralston's Chinkapook farm within three months.
