AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation will seemingly retain the ability to determine its board nomination committee structure if constitutional changes proposed at its annual general meeting are passed…Read More
AUSTRALIA’S wool industry faces the prospect of more retail and fashion brands moving away from using wool from mulesed sheep, according to an exporter body leader…Read More
Sheep Central, November 18, 2019
DEMAND for Merino ewe lambs and young ewes strengthened on AuctionsPlus last week…Read More
Sheep Central, November 18, 2019
BUSHFIRE-AFFECTED landholders needing animal welfare assistance, including emergency fodder, water and veterinary care are being urged to call the NSW Agricultural and Animal Services Hotline on 1800 814 647…Read More
Sheep Central, November 18, 2019
AUSTRALIA’S peak wool grower body WoolProducers Australia has retained its leadership and elected a new board member…Read More
Sheep Central, November 18, 2019
NEW Zealand machine and blade shearers have been honing their skills in the lead up to the next trans-Tasman tests at the Australian national shearing and woolhandling championships in Dubbo later this month…Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, November 18, 2019
NARACOORTE’S annual first cross ewe sale has set a new Australian record of $402 for the popular Border Leicester-Merino prime lamb mothers…Read More
Terry Sim, November 14, 2019
YOUNG first cross ewes sold for a Victorian record price of $388 at Rodwell’s Edenhope sale yesterday and ewe lambs made to $340…Read More
Terry Sim, November 15, 2019
PREMIUM Italian spinner and weaver Loro Piana has publicly supported a change in Australian Wool Innovation’s board, while urging AWI to comply with market requirements in animal welfare and sustainability…Read More
Sheep Central, November 15, 2019
FORMER Australian Wool Innovation director Chick Olsson has made the surprising move to back New South Wales veterinarian Dr Michelle Humphries in the 2019 AWI election…Read More
Terry Sim, November 15, 2019
A DRIER outlook continues into December for southern Australia, eastern Queensland, far north-east New South Wales and much of the Northern Territory, with the remainder of the country having roughly equal chances of being wetter or drier than average…Read More
Bureau of Meteorology, November 15, 2019
MERINO wool prices enjoyed a general lift across all microns at Australian auctions in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week…Read More
Sheep Central, November 15, 2019