THREE finalists have been selected from a strong field of entries in the National Council of Wool Brokers of Australia’s broker award…Read More
Sheep Central, August 12, 2022AUSTRALIA’S wool market could be hit hard in coming weeks by a growing cash flow, bale dumping and shipment crisis…Read More
SEASON-HIGH wool prices show lifting non-mulesed wool production is increasingly a good strategy to raise grower returns and demand for Australian wool worldwide, according to Schneider Australia’s southern region wool..Read More
Terry Sim, February 4, 2022AN integrated and effective wool traceability system should be created in Australia as soon as it is feasible, a new report has recommended…Read More
Sheep Central, December 14, 2021ITALIAN and Australian wool trade leaders have united behind a call to encourage the production of non-mulesed wool where possible, using mandatory pain relief and genetics to transition from surgical mulesing…Read More
Terry Sim, November 1, 2021AUSTRALIA’S largest warehouse provider, AWH, plans to have a new wool store in operation in the Victorian city of Hamilton by early next year…Read More
Sheep Central, July 26, 2021WOOL grower bodies have urged senators to seek a private briefing with Australian Wool Innovation about its online trading and tools platform WoolQ after the company refused to release a key report…Read More
Terry Sim, July 21, 2021LEADING animal welfare bodies have welcomed changes to Australia’s National Wool Declaration that distinguish wool from sheep treated with liquid nitrogen or freeze branding from ‘non-mulesed’ lines…Read More
Terry Sim, July 21, 2021AUSTRALIA’S wool exporters and brokers have supported a revised National Wool Declaration that does not define wool from sheep that have undergone the freeze-branded process as non-mulesed…Read More
Terry Sim, July 19, 2021THE future of Australian Wool Innovation’s WoolQ platform and its wool trading arm will be discussed with the industry, according to new AWI chairman Jock Laurie…Read More
Terry Sim, July 9, 2021AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation has spent $6.3 million in growers’ levy funds on the WoolQ Market platform over the past five years but it has failed to generate any revenue, Senate Estimates was told yesterday…Read More
Terry Sim, March 24, 2021WOOL welfare statements should not be made on the Australian Wool Exchange’s National Wool Declaration, according to New South Wales wool grower Chick Olsson…Read More
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