Eyre Peninsula stud breeder Leonie Mills fights a third dry season, relies on donated hay, weighs soaring sheep prices and calls for feed subsidies.

Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) recently provided input into the Australian Government’s Periodic Review of the Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Method 2021.

Their edge is relentless feedback-loop thinking. Every draft of lambs is benchmarked against processor data from Breakout River and Gundagai Meats

Australia’s sheep industry received a significant boost with the announcement of $2m in Federal Government support for LambEx 2026, the world’s largest and most influential sheep industry conference.

Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) is disappointed with the announcement of tariffs on red meat exports to the US this morning.

Australia’s peak red meat bodies have called for calm in response to heightened speculation about possible US tariffs on all imports.

The decision by the Australian Senate to force a Federal Government back-down on its plan for an unjustified biosecurity protection levy has been warmly welcomed by Sheep Producers Australia.

As part of its commitment to representing Australia’s sheep industry, Sheep Producers Australia (SPA) will be participating in the upcoming co-design process for the Federal Government’s live sheep exports transition support package says SPA CEO Bonnie Skinner.

Western Australian sheep producer Bindi Murray has been announced as the new Chair of Sheep Producers Australia at today’s Annual General Meeting.

Sheep Producers Australia Chair Andrew Spencer has indicated he will not be seeking reappointment as a board appointed director at November’s Annual General Meeting and will therefore also be stepping down from the Chair’s role.

New funding announced today by Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins for the transition package for the phase out of live sheep export by sea has been welcomed by Sheep Producers Australia as an acknowledgement that government support for the transition is inadequate.

On 10 October, it will be three months since the legislation to end live sheep exports by sea came into effect. The industry and farmers remain in the dark about the Albanese Government’s transition plans and funding package details.