Sheep Producers Australia welcomes the governments investment into the sheep and broader Agricultural industry with over $600 million announced this week.

Sheep Producers Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Bonnie Skinner as the new Chief Executive Officer.

Sheep Producers Australia welcomes the report by the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport legislation Committee Inquiry into meat definitions and other animal products tabled in parliament yesterday.

Sheep Producers Australia welcomes yesterday’s announcement of the $68.4 million investment into agricultural traceability and the Government’s national approach to working with the states, territories, and industry to create the National Agricultural Traceability Alliance and National Agricultural Traceability Hub.

Sheep Producers Australia welcomes today’s announcement that Australia and the United Kingdom have formally agreed to immediate tariff-free quotas on a number of Australian exports, with plans to remove the taxes entirely in a decade.

Sheep Producers Australia is pleased to announce that Mr Brendan Tatham has been voted in for one of the two Board Director positions at yesterday’s Annual General Meeting (AGM).

Sheep Producers Australia is pleased to announce that Mr Andrew Spencer will be appointed as the new Independent Chair of the Board at the upcoming Annual General Meeting in November, following the expiration of the four year term of Sheep Producers Australia inaugural Chair Mr Chris Mirams.

Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) has established a new mechanism for policy development, replacing four subject specific committees with a single Policy Council.

The announcement last month by the Victorian Premier that Melbourne abattoir and meat processing facilities in metropolitan Melbourne would be subject to workforce capacity restrictions continues to impact the industry and greatly concern producers and processors.

Sheepmeat returns are no accident and there are still risks I Mr Stephen Crisp SPA CEO. In many sheep producing regions sheep producers are counting some wins at present, particularly around the improvement in season, as well as the ability of the processing sector to continue to operate during a pandemic.

Sheep Producers Australia congratulates Mr Stephen Crisp on his appointment as the new  Chief Executive Officer of AUS-MEAT and celebrates his achievements as Chief Executive  Officer of Sheep Producers Australia. 

Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) is the national body representing Australian sheep producers. Mr Chris Mirams has been SPA’s Independent Chair for the past four years, and with his term now concluding SPA is looking to recruit. 

Australians being duped by plant-based labelling. Research published today shows the majority of Australians are being tricked by misleading plant-based protein packaging, and 73 per cent believe clearer labelling standards need to be introduced.

Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) welcomes the announcement at parliament this week by Senator Susan McDonald that she has launched a Senate Inquiry into food labelling laws.

Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) welcomes the announcement yesterday by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson that the free trade deal with the United Kingdom is the most comprehensive and ambitious in Australia’s history.

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.

Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) welcomes the Federal Government’s announcement of $370 million for biosecurity funding, in the lead up to the Federal Budget.

Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) and WoolProducers Australia (WPA) released the worlds first Australian Sheep Sustainability Framework (SSF) this week.

“Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) recognises that Australia’s multi-billion dollar red-meat and livestock industries do have biosecurity threats from diseases such as Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD). FMD has the potential to decimate the Australian livestock sector and result in significant market access disruption if allowed to enter and spread.” Stephen Crisp SPA CEO.

Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) is the peak body representing Australia’s sheep production industry. We consider animal welfare to be our highest priority.