Did you miss us? The Sheep’s Back returns! We are here to give Western Australian sheep and wool producers the information you really want to know.
Joined October 2023
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3 Sep 2025
Feedlotting lambs has always been a low-margin, high-volume game. 🐑
Yes, there are windows of strong returns—but only if you nail timing, efficiency & risk management. Let’s unpack the realities (and opportunities) 👇
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The Sheep's Back retweeted
3 Sep 2025
Margins vanish fast as efficiency drops. At 7:1 FCR you’re barely breaking even—even with $11/kg. Feed efficiency is the cornerstone of feedlot profitability.
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The Sheep's Back retweeted
May 26
Who would have thought you could wear merino in the heat!! One of the many perceptions about wool that the industry needs to change!
#softonskin #machinewashable
#coolintheheat
#noprickle
#lightweight
#merinoisking
May 26
Most of last week was spent in Bangkok. I am Scottish, therefore humidity kills me - but I can definately recommend @steve_noa merino polos for holding up in intense humidity.
themerinopolo.com.au/collect…
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May 27
If you run sheep in Kojonup and surrounds, @DirtSouthern wants to hear from you! MUSTER is here to help Kojonup producers work out the Live Export transition on their terms. 🐑
All it takes is a quick, fully confidential survey to get started: buff.ly/rENN6I2
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May 18
MLP Results Seminar – Perth (Pingelly MLP site)
Join AWI for a one-day industry seminar sharing the results from the Merino Lifetime Productivity project. Discover what drives lifetime sheep performance and profitability 🐑
Register here: buff.ly/jV0ONta
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The Sheep's Back retweeted
18 Nov 2025
We're back baby.... take #2
Will we see the same reaction as we saw 6 weeks ago when growers and brokers dragged out as much wool as they could?? Keep offerings under 30/35k we are a good chance of going higher.
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18 Nov 2025
⚠️ Look out for Annual Ryegrass Toxicity this summer. Signs include tremors, collapse, convulsions or abortions in livestock.
Collect your hay or pasture samples and send them to the DPIRD Laboratory in South Perth for testing.
More info: buff.ly/64j5WZ9
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3 Nov 2025
⚠️ Phomopsis alert for lupin growers
DPIRD staff are finding lesions on lupin pods & stems across WA.
The fungus Diaporthe toxica can cause lupinosis in livestock grazing infected stubble. Infection appears as dark lesions on the lupin pod.
Inspect crops before grazing! 🐑
ALT Phomopsis infected narrow leafed lupin pod and seed. Photo courtesy of DPIRD.
ALT Phomopsis lesions on a lupin stem. Photo courtesy of DPIRD.
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The Sheep's Back retweeted
29 Oct 2025
As our season cut out, we trained this year’s lambs onto barley ahead of weaning. Adaptation to concentrate feeds stimulates early rumen development, improves feed conversion efficiency, and helps mitigate the growth check often associated with weaning.🌾#Highlandersheep
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23 Oct 2025
The 2025 Yardstick Field Day is underway! For the first time showcasing the ewe progeny off shears 🐑
All progeny from the 12 entrants are looking fantastic thanks to the staff at @DPIRDbroadacre Katanning.
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The Sheep's Back retweeted
20 Oct 2025
Hope to see you at the @DPIRDbroadacre Katanning Research Station for our Sheep Field Day. Thursday 23 October 1 - 4:30pm. See the Yardstick 2024-drop progeny. Wethers in full wool. Ewes off-shears with fleece weight and index data. Great line up of speakers.
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21 Oct 2025
Great speakers and awesome looking hoggets on display. Come along for a great day out! 🐏
#AMSEA #sireevaluation
20 Oct 2025
Join us at @DPIRDbroadacre Katanning Research Station this Thursday 23 October 1pm - 4:30pm for the Yardstick #AMSEA merino #sireevaluation field day. Includes some great speakers. Fleece weight and index data available on 2024-drop hoggets. Register here bit.ly/47iqftl
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21 Oct 2025
Somalia’s livestock exports are booming — on track to hit $1 billion this year as Australia & Sudan pull back from Gulf markets (sheep live export ban & conflict). A major shift in global supply chains💰
Read more 👉 buff.ly/cAvpIdK
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20 Oct 2025
🐑 Effective Imprint Feeding = Stronger Weaners. Train early!
✅ Feed 100g/ewe every 2nd day
✅ 6 feeds over 2–4 weeks
✅ Aim for >90% of lambs eating
✅ Watch—they should eat, not play!
Without training, weaners can take 3 weeks to eat grain. This is fatal for lightweights.
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Registrations are now open for this year's OUTLOOK Conference: The Future of Farming in WA - Ag 2025
📅 Fri 14 Nov 2025
⏰ 10am – 4:30pm
📍 Burswood on Swan, Burswood
Early bird registrations open until 31 Oct trybooking.com/DATYE
#Ag2050 #WAag #FutureFarming #Outlook2025
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16 Oct 2025
🚨 SRSP Alert!
Discover the latest SRSP Sheep Reproduction RD&A articles here: buff.ly/ZJE4GEw
The Sheep Reproduction Strategic Partnership is focused on enhancing lamb production for sheep producers in a manner that ensures both profitability and sustainability.
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Hey producers & researchers!👋🏼
Join us at the 2025 Sheep Field Day 🐑
📍 Katanning Research Station
📅 Oct 23, 1-4pm
Get the latest data on the Yardstick trial, learn about lamb survival, methane research & tour our feed intake facility.
🔗Register here: events.humanitix.com/sheep-f…
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The Sheep's Back retweeted
12 Oct 2025
Didn’t quite crack 150 but bloody close. 149% lambs marked from ewe lms paddocked. 0.8% ewe mortality. 0 dystocia. 13% dry at scanning which included ewe lms from ewe lms.
Overall 160% weaned and marked over entire preg ewe flock including lms👌. Shit start but super happy.
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10 Oct 2025
🚀 Grant Opportunity - Farm Business Transition Program.
✅ Eligible sheep producers can receive up to $75K of funding for future costs associated with the Phase Out of Live Sheep Exports by Sea.
📅 Applications close: 1st December 2025 9:00pm AEDT
🔗 buff.ly/OYq8mQW
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The Sheep's Back retweeted
9 Oct 2025
A while a go there were a bunch of activist tweets that only 37 farms in WA were engaged in the Live Export of Sheep.
I could not work out where this came from, until today.
A DAFF official misspoke. They were only off by a factor of 100.
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