The June/July issue of MLA member's magazine, feedback, is out now. Once again it is full of practical on-farm information and tecnological advances in the industry.

Find out how an MLA funded project with three producer demonstration sites in western Queensland, Charters Towers and the Burdekin is increasing the understanding of management inputs needed to improve Meat Standards Australia (MSA) compliance rates for an export abattoir in Townsville, how MLA inspries Australia's food media and which south-east Asian markets on our doorstep have the potential to grow demand for Australian red meat. 
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ABARE's latest lamb slaughter report
Strong international demand and constrained supplies of Australian lamb because of adverse seasonal conditions have resulted in domestic lamb prices remaining at historically high levels in 2007-08 (figure a). While lower wool production and some increase in demand have resulted in wool prices gradually recovering in recent years, they remain relatively low in real terms.

Australian broadacre sheep producers have responded to the relative prices of lambs and wool by reducing the national sheep flock and dedicating a greater number of sheep to producing slaughter lambs.

Consequently, the number of lambs slaughtered in 2007-08 was 24 per cent more than a decade earlier, despite sheep numbers falling by 31 per cent and a reduction in lambing rates because of drought in parts of Australia. Find out more...

Be a part of the June 2009 MLA national lamb survey
Australia’s lamb producers are being urged to participate in Meat & Livestock Australia’s (MLA) June 2009 online lamb survey, designed to gather statistics on the current state of the nation’s lamb flock.

The June 2009 MLA lamb survey is open for producers to complete, with the survey aiming to identify lamb production trends, and form the basis for key lamb supply forecasting activities by MLA.
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