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21st January 2025

AM Edition

‘Barely scraping through’: Tight margins despite price lift

While weaner prices held up well as thousands of young cattle were sold from southern farms, margins are tight for some producers.

Terminal matings top NSW margins

Elmore farmer Dianne Trewick says a good ewe base is crucial, as new data shows a win for prime lamb production and replacement purchases.

‘It is clear the government has its own plan’

Sheep Producers Australia has told the Department of Agriculture it would no longer engage on the development of transition plans ahead of the end of the live export trade.

Foreign owner offloads massive WA cropping farms

Saudi Arabian and institutional investors have reportedly sold almost 80,000ha of cropping farmland in the WA Wheatbelt.

Ex-AFL player returns to country footy team

Recently retired AFL player Jake Kelly has finalised his football commitments for this year and he’s made a call on whether he will be playing.