THE long-term price trend of wheat versus wool actually favours wool yet most Australian broadacre farms will remain crop-dominant, according to Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre chief economist Professor Ross Kingwell…Read More
MERINEO founder Claire Hausler has invoked Women In Wool to use their power as consumers to urge retailers to stock woollen garments…Read More
Terry Sim, March 14, 2022
NSW Farmers has encouraged school leavers interested in a career to agriculture to enrol in one of many shearer and wool handling courses being run across the state over the next three months…Read More
Sheep Central, January 26, 2022
AUSTRALIAN wool production is forecast to increase 8 percent year-on-year to 318 million kilograms in 2021-22…Read More
Sheep Central, December 17, 2021
MERINO wool is again being associated with everybody’s favourite black-faced sheep in a new Shaun the Sheep Christmas holiday campaign…Read More
Sheep Central, December 17, 2021
AUSTRALIAN Wool Industry Medals have been awarded to six recipients, including leaders from the processing, broking, private treaty and research sectors…Read More
Sheep Central, December 15, 2021
PEAK wool grower body WoolProducers Australia will focus on ensuring industry service providers and organisations work together more efficiently and effectively for growers over the next 12 months…Read More
Sheep Central, November 15, 2021
POSTAL delays have led to some wool growers not yet receiving ballot papers for the 2021 Australian Wool Innovation director elections, with proxy voting due to close in a week’s time…Read More
Terry Sim, November 10, 2021
NEW South Wales grower Michael Field and South Australian-based exporter executive Steven Read have declared their intention to seek nomination in the 2021 Australian Wool Innovation director election…Read More
Terry Sim, July 26, 2021
NEW South Wales’ Conrayn Merino Stud has won the prestigious grand champion fleece prize at this year’s Australian Fleece Competition…Read More
Sheep Central, July 16, 2021
AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation has failed to provide to the Senate separate legal advice supposedly supporting and then disallowing New South Wales wool grower Chick Olsson running a joint candidate ticket in the 2019 AWI director election…Read More
Terry Sim, May 17, 2021
MORE nominations are being sought for the 2021 Australian Wool Industry Medal, but they close in two weeks…Read More
Sheep Central, April 19, 2021