November 6, 2017

Australian lamb producers are being urged to have their say on whether the Australian definition of a lamb should be changed to that of New Zealand, with a national consultation period now open. At present, the Australian AusMeat definition of a lamb is ‘a female, castrated or entire male up to 12 months of age with no erupted permanent incisor teeth’, whereas the New Zealand’s definition is ‘sheep are classified as lamb where the two

With only 11 days to go until the AWI AGM, WAFarmers continues to strongly urge wool growers to familiarise themselves with the voting system and recognise the importance of making their vote count. WAFarmers Livestock Section Vice President Steve McGuire said the voting ballot could cause confusion for voters as it is not a simple for-or-against system, plus growers would be asked to vote on whether to change the number of Board directors. “You can