The Australian Wool Exchange has announced the upcoming retirement of its chief executive officer Mark Grave, effective June 2025.
Bob Garnant
‘Wear Wool, Not Waste’ is the latest global brand campaign unveiled by the Australian wool industry’s peak marketing and research body.
Calingiri wool handler Mikayla Reihana, who placed fourth in the Perth Royal Show senior wool competition, has been named WA’s first female Wool Harvesting Ambassador.
Broomehill top-gun shearer Damien Boyle took out the Perth Royal Show open shearing final, his 25th title in a miracle comeback win that was both “unbelievable” and inspirational.
Woollen fashion will make a comeback at this year’s Perth Royal Show Fashion Parade showcasing the best of natural fibre designs from leading Australian designers.
The Australian Wool Innovation board of directors is recommending an increased 2 per cent levy voting option at the upcoming WoolPoll after extensive engagement nationwide with woolgrowers.
A Pingrup-produced Merino fleece, exhibited by first-time entrant Suma Reid, was awarded the champion sash at this year’s Newdegate Machinery Field Days.
Australian Wool Innovation’s progression of biological harvesting project has assigned four organisations to develop methods of using a practical system to remove the fleece from sheep mechanically.
Australian Wool Innovation has launched Woolmark+, a new roadmap to unite stakeholders across the industry — from woolgrowers to brands and retailers.
The Western Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s second forecast of shorn wool production for 2024-25 is 44.7 Mkg greasy, down 18.8 per cent on 2023-24.
Twenty-six Merino and Poll Merino studs showcased their top rams for commercial growers to inspect at the 27th annual Narrogin Long Wool Day, ahead of the upcoming ram selling season.
Woolgrowers entitled to vote in this year’s WoolPoll will decide the fate of Australian Wool Innovation’s investments into marketing, research and development programs.
The portable shearing clipping machine ‘Handypiece’ was designed for animal health and farming efficiency.
Farmers have been invited to have their say on new regulatory reform for agricultural goods that are not typically subjected to Australia’s export control laws.
Olivia Ford
More than a quarter of a million dollars has been raised for the Royal Flying Doctor Service through a long-standing partnership with AWN, as the Australian agribusiness celebrates its 21st anniversary.
AWN wool technical officer Tamara Pabst has taken out the title of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia Wool Broker of the Year award.
Key Japanese textile companies are shifting their wool import demand beyond the production of traditional suiting apparel, seeking to expand into the sports and outdoor sectors of the industry.
Growers have benefited from how Merino wool compares favourably in its natural fibre eco-credentials against synthetic fibres, but oil-based fibre brands are using misinformation to counterattack.
The State’s top-guns in competitive shearing have been recognised at the WA Competition Shearing Association awards in South Perth.
New research has proved woollen fibre readily biodegrades in marine environments and does not contribute to microplastic pollution.
WA shearing contractors have passed a vote of no confidence in the Albanese Government’s policy to ban live sheep exports by 2028, claiming it will devastate their industry.
Members of the State shearing and woolhandling team were announced at the annual WA Competition Shearing Association awards evening in the lead up to the Sports Shear Australia National Shearing Competition.
Meat and Livestock Australia is on the hunt for a wool guru to join the steering group behind the industry’s Sheep Sustainability Framework.
Adam Poulsen
Early-stage wool processing of Australian wool in Vietnam is a step closer after a delegation from the South-East Asian country jetted down under to explore investment opportunities.
Rebecca Turner