A wet start to 2026 in regional South Australia has helped create perfect conditions for multiple lamb births on one merino sheep stud.

As winter sets in, many of us are turning to our cosy jumpers, snug base layers and anything else that can take the bite out of cold mornings. That is where merino wool shines. It is warm, comfortable ...

A central Victorian stud has purchased the top-priced Merino ram at the Australian Sheep & Wool Show as part of its plans to ...

Researchers from Western Sydney University have found a new, non-invasive way to detect pregnancy in Merino sheep through the analysis of reproductive hormones in wool. The study, supervised by Dr.

Synonymous with the South Island high country, merino sheep may be farmed more widely as farmers are lured by high fine wool prices and genetic improvements. Merino woolgrower Bill Sutherland, of ...

More than 1,000 kilograms of wool samples, lab notes and technical drawings spent decades gathering dust in a British home. A Victorian sheep farmer just brought them back.

Exiting commercial sheep producers have taken home this year’s top gong for their Merino fleece – 40 years in the making.

A Victorian farmer says it will take years for him to recover from a series of sophisticated, coordinated farm thefts that cost him more than $175,000. Steve Wheeler has had more than 1,700 sheep ...

Late-afternoon light falls soft on the rocky outcrops of Dwarsvlei farm, just south of Middelburg, Eastern Cape. It’s the end of a mild Karoo winter Saturday in June, when most country folk are ...