Australia’s mutton glut sent prices tumbling, and some farmers are culling or giving away their sheep to save costs instead of rearing them on-farm. Mutton prices have slumped 70% over the past year ...

SYDNEY - Around 88 pounds of wool has been sheared from a sheep found near Australia's capital, the RSPCA said on Thursday, making him unofficially the world's woolliest. The animal, named Chris by ...

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen expected to travel to Australia next month to sign agreement ...

SYDNEY, May 11 (Reuters) - Australia's government said on Saturday it would ban live sheep exports from the country by sea from May 2028, fulfilling a pledge to end a practice long opposed by animal ...

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CANBERRA (Reuters) -Australian sheep farmers are cashing in on record-high sheep prices, as rising global demand for lamb and mutton fuels a boom in exports from the world's top sheep meat supplier.

An overgrown sheep was relieved of an excess 77 lbs. of fleece after he was found roaming across Australia. The shaggy animal, since named Baarack by rescuers, was found near Lancefield in Victoria, ...

Australia's mutton glut has sent prices tumbling, and some farmers are compelled to give their sheep away to save costs instead of rearing them on-farm. Driving the large sheep flock were three years ...