AUSTRALIA’S Merino wool production will continue to decline without a change in growers’ terms of trade, delegates at the International Wool Testing Organisation’s 2025 Congress in France last week…Read More
R.M. Williams executive Emma Foster-Geering has been announced as the latest member of the Sheep Sustainability Framework Sustainability Steering Group…Read More
Sheep Central, May 6, 2025
A LEAKED live sheep transition plan document is an admission the Albanese Government has effectively killed off the Western Australian wool industry, according to WoolProducers chief executive officer, Jo Hall…Read More
Sheep Central, May 2, 2025
AUSTRALIA’S 2024/25 wool production forecast has been dropped to 280.1 million kilograms as the number of sheep to be shorn is adjusted down 12 percent to 63 million…Read More
Sheep Central, May 2, 2025
EXPERIENCED ultrafine wool producers from Tasmania and Victoria have dominated the prestigious 2025 Zegna Wool Awards…Read More
Terry Sim, April 22, 2025
PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese would be “putting his money where his mouth is” if he applied his ‘Future Made in Australia’ to emulate the New Zealand Government’s decision to increase NZ wool use in government buildings, according to WoolProducers Australia…Read More
Sheep Central, April 17, 2025
AUSTRALIA’S wool industry is grieving the loss of inspirational Italian processor Alberto Barberis Canonico, an engineer and company leader who fostered the development of this nation’s superfine wool sector…Read More
Terry Sim, April 17, 2025
WOOLPRODUCERS Australia has repeated its call for funding for a wool trade policy office after a recent tour to explore and highlight industry innovation and developments in Vietnam…Read More
Sheep Central, April 17, 2025
AUSTRALIAN wool growers are being asked to get behind an important petition defending their product’s environmental and sustainability credentials…Read More
Sheep Central, April 16, 2025
UNCERTAINTY about the impact of American president Donald Trump’s tariffs on China and global wool demand is wracking Australia’s wool industry…Read More
Terry Sim, April 14, 2025
STRONG wool producers in New Zealand have welcomed a government directive that woollen fibre products be used in new building constructions and refurbishments…Read More
Sheep Central, April 11, 2025
A WOOL Industries Australia forum looks to have laid the groundwork for strategies to future-proof the sector, including through industry body rationalisation…Read More
Sheep Central, April 7, 2025