A PROJECT aimed at redesigning training programs for shearers, wool classers and shed hands will hold in-person consultation workshops across Australia next month…Read More
Sheep Central, April 24, 2024A WOOL bioharvesting option for crossbred lambs with low value fleece could be first product of research to harvest wool without shearing, the University of Adelaide’s Professor Phil Hynd said at the International Wool Textile Organisation Congress in Adelaide last week…Read More
REVAMPED wool integrity program – the Australian Wool Sustainability Scheme – could help increase world demand for the natural fibre, according to a European top maker…Read More
Terry Sim, April 17, 2024A ROADMAP for early-stage wool processing development in Vietnam has been agreed to and launched with peak grower body WoolProducers Australia and the Australian Government…Read More
Sheep Central, April 17, 2024NEW Zealand-born shearer Luke Vernon is officially a world record holder on his first attempt after shearing 500 Merino ewes in eight hours on Friday. The 28 year-old has had..Read More
Sheep Central, April 15, 2024THE latest attempt on the solo world eight-hour Merino ewe shearing record is well underway in Western Australia this morning after some nervous moments at the wool weigh-in yesterday afternoon…Read More
Terry Sim, April 12, 2024WAIRARAPA shearer David Buick has brought off possibly one of the most amazing comebacks in New Zealand sport by winning the New Zealand Shears open shearing final in Te Kuiti at the weekend…Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, April 8, 2024WESTERN Victorian wool classer Kelly Gellie has won the prestigious AWEX/TAFE NSW National graduate Wool Classer Competition at the Sydney Royal Easter Show…Read More
Sheep Central, April 3, 2024A WINNING margin of just 0.062 points has enabled Southland shearer Leon Samuels to retain his New Zealand Lamb Shearing Championships title and extend an unprecedented sequence of major event..Read More
Terry Sim, April 3, 2024THE world’s largest animal protein producer, JBS, has filed its full year results for the year ended December 31, reporting global business net revenue of US$73 billion – similar to the year before…Read More
Jon Condon, March 27, 2024SCOTTISH shearer Una Cameron — the only woman to reach the top 30 in the open class at the recent Golden Shears in New Zealand – will this year attempt one of the newest world records at the age of 51…Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, March 27, 2024WELSH shearing team member Llyr Jones further knocked New Zealand’s reputation for having the fastest shearers in the world by winning the country’s richest speed shear prize in Te Kuiti on Saturday night…Read More
Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand, March 25, 2024