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.
Bob Garnant
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
WA woolgrowers are set to benefit from ongoing shearing and woolhandling training schools that introduce new wool shed recruits and upskill existing novice workers to a higher level of industry standards.
The premium for non-mulesed wool has shrunk “considerably” in recent years in a sign of “tight economic times”, according to a new report by ANZ
Two young Australians have headed to France to represent their country in the World Young Shepherds Competition.
A farmer has made an ‘unofficial request’ for King Charles to intervene in the Albanese Government’s live sheep export ban, after it was announced the monarch will remain as patron of The Campaign for Wool.
Third-generation farmer Ellen Walker has called the decision to end live exports a ‘nightmare’ that likely means her three children will end up quitting the industry.
Jake Dietsch and Caitlyn Rintoul
Prices at Australian wool auctions have faltered across almost all types and descriptions, according to Australian Wool Innovation trade consultant Scott Carmody.
Nominations have opened for the 2024 Australian Wool Industry Medal, a prestigious award that recognises people’s exceptional contributions across the wool supply chain.
In the lead up to Mother’s Day, Australian farm-to-fashion brand Iris & Wool has launched its “Perennial” collection inspired by the everlasting beauty of the iris flower that blooms year after year.
Australian woolgrowers are expected to gain ‘huge’ partnership access to Vietnam in a move that would facilitate an increased export supply of quality wool.
WA woolgrowers are expected to produce 55.6 million kilograms of greasy wool for the 2023-24 season, down 5m on the previous season, according to the latest forecast.
WoolProducers Australia and Animal Health Australia has launched the Trust in Australian Wool Campaign, a handbook aimed at providing transparency and reaffirming Australian wool as an eco-friendly product.
Olivia Ford
Gung-ho Pingelly shearer Luke Vernon has broken the world eight-hour record, shearing 500 Merino ewes to break Lou Brown’s previous record of 497 set in 2019.
Bob Garnant & Olivia Ford
Boyup Brook top-gun shearer Luke Harding has his eyes on the Sports Shear National Shearing Competition in Katanning after taking out the open title at the Williams Gateway Expo.
Wool harvesting training updates were presented at the Stud Merino Breeders Association of WA’s general meeting with an emphasis on targeting young people as new entrants into the industry.
Free help is here for the challenging seasonal and market conditions for WA’s sheep producers.
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