Our visit formed part of SPA’s ongoing international engagement - ensuring Australian sheep producers are well-represented in global conversations which shape our trading environment and long-term competitiveness.

A survey is being disseminated to Australian sheep producers to investigate the demand for such technology, how seed contamination is being managed, identify the gaps in knowledge and the barriers to management. If you a sheep producer over 18 years of age the research team would love to receive your responses.

Kaylan Pugh is a Quality and Compliance Officer with Integrity Systems Company (ISC) - the organisation at the forefront of Australia’s red meat food-safety and traceability systems.

On February 20 the US Supreme Court ruled to uphold the lower court’s finding.  Following the Supreme Court ruling, the US Administration introduced a revised approach using an alternative legislative pathway under Section 122 of the US Trade Act (1974).  

Thank you to producers and the wider Sheep Producers Australia network for sharing, watching and engaging with recent social media content on the Australia–EU Free Trade Agreement - and to those producers who helped bring the issue to life through video contributions and on-farm perspectives.

For years, the European Union- Australia Free Trade Agreement has been viewed within industry as a key plank in a diversified trade strategy - the last remaining affluent, high-value consumer market where Australian sheepmeat does not yet enjoy commercially meaningful access.

Sheep Producers Australia’s Policy Director Corinne Dooley, recently presented to the South Australian Livestock Research Council (SALRC) about the organisation’s key policy priorities, including market access, climate and environment, animal welfare, product integrity, biosecurity and the red meat transaction levy review.

At MLA Updates in Adelaide, Sheep Producers Australia CEO Bonnie Skinner shared her perspective on what a productive, profitable sheep enterprise may look like by 2030.

Last month I had the opportunity to attend the World Meat Congress alongside industry leaders, policy makers and supply-chain experts from across the globe. It was a valuable opportunity to reconnect with global colleagues, including counterparts from Beef + Lamb New Zealand, to share insights and compare emerging challenges and opportunities across our sectors.

In the heart of Western Australia’s south west mixed-farming country, Rhodes Pastoral has taken a deliberate, long-term approach to building a resilient sheep enterprise. Farm Manager Michael Wright explains how the 15,378-hectare operation built feedlot, finishing pens, invested in on-farm water security, and focused on producing high-quality lamb. Genetics have underpinned this plan, with Rhodes Pastoral breeding its own Merino rams and operating a registered White Suffolk

Sustainability isn’t just about carbon offsets, biodiversity credits or planting trees - those projects are important, but they’re not where it starts. 

For the first time, recently, teams of Merinos from across Australia were benchmarked side-by-side in a single commercial setting as part of the recent Australian Merino Production Trial 2025-2027.

A national effort to future-proof the Australian sheep industry and strengthen its sustainability will begin next year.

Picture credit: Zoetis As Australia prepares for the resumption of live sheep exports to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the end of...

Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) welcomes Gundagai’s launch of the world-first meat yield and IMF lamb grid and paying producers on lean meat yield, weight, intramuscular fat, and providing feedback on animal health at an individual carcase level last week.