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AWI WOOL TRAINING IN WAShearer and wool handling training schools to change in 2024

AWI is planning changes to its shearer and wool handling training schools to meet ongoing industry needs after holding a wider range of training schools throughout 2023 to meet wool harvesting demands.

Aidan Smith

Strengthening tiesIndia wool trade ‘poised for growth’

Ties between the Australian wool industry and key Indian government officials and industry stakeholders have been strengthened as bi-lateral engagement to foster greater relationships has increased.

Aidan Smith

WOOLQ SHELVEDAWI drops WoolQ in support of the Wool Traceability Hub

Australian Wool Innovation has scrapped its $8 million investment in WoolQ to focus its support on the Australian Wool Traceability Hub concept.

Aidan Smith

WOOL MARKET UPDATESustained wool demand brings sellers back

The wool market has climbed higher for the third consecutive week on the back of sustained Chinese demand, with the Western Wool Centre closing up 22 cents during Week 21 to reach 1316c/kg.

Aidan Smith

AWI FINANCIAL CHALLENGESPremiumAWI AGM: draws $16.8 million from reserves

Australian Wool Innovation is taking steps to counter a decline in revenue due to low wool prices and a reduced levy income after drawing down on reserves to the amount of $16.8 million.

Aidan Smith

AWI BOARD ELECTIONPremiumAWI director elections: Kojonup’s Neil Jackson joins board

Kojonup woolgrower Neil Jackson has been elected to the Australian Wool Innovation board with a total of 98,168 votes in his favour.

Aidan Smith

WOOL MARKET SURPRISEChinese uniform order surprises wool market

Prices for Australian wool have reached a three month high as Merino fleeces sold between 10 and 41 cents higher during Week 20 of the selling season.

Aidan Smith

WOOLPRODUCERS ELECTIONPremiumWoolProducers ‘blindsided’ by election result

WoolProducers Australia was “blindsided” at its biennial election when its vice president, NSW grower Stacey Lugsdin, was unsuccessful in re-election.

Aidan Smith

WAR OF WORDS IN WOOL INDUSTRYPremiumWool industry ‘leadership’ stoush erupts

Australian Wool Innovation chairman Jock Laurie has come under fire from WoolProducers Australia for comments made during an interview in June 2023.

Aidan Smith

DESIGNER INCUBATION LABSAWI engages with fashion designers to promote wool

Australia’s leading fashion designers have been engaged by Australian Wool Innovation’s marketing arm, The Woolmark Company, in an effort to get more wool on clothes racks in retail stores across the country.

Aidan Smith

ALARMING RESULTS PremiumWool classers concerned about ‘drugs, alcohol, and bullying’

Wool classers proud and passionate about the industry are being hampered by a “poor and unsafe” work environment also making it difficult to retain staff, according to an “alarming” industry survey.  

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ANNUAL RESULTS Australian Wool Exchange records $700,000 deficit

Australian Wool Exchange recorded a $700,000 deficit last financial year and was forced to draw on its reserves after three years of healthy surpluses, as depressed wool prices continue to bite. 

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SOCIAL PICTURES SEE THE PICTURES: WA’s wool industry comes together

WA’s wool industry gathered in the historical export trading city of Fremantle to celebrate the close of another calendar year.

Bob Garnant

NEW SHIRTS PremiumThe Merino Polo goes pink to raise money for breast cancer

WA’s favourite wool-made polo shirts have gone pink to raise money for Breast Cancer Network Australia after their creator was inspired by a friend’s battle with breast cancer. 

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WOOLLY TIMES PremiumWool sales surge but prices dip as farmers offload sheep

The amount of wool passing through the Australian Wool Testing Authority’s doors surged 15 per cent year-on-year in October, as farmers continue to offload sheep on the back of low prices.  

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ON THE BOARDSPremiumTrio set unofficial world record for crossbred lambs

A trio of shearers including two of WA’s most talented prospects and one of New Zealand’s top guns have set new personal bests as they gear up for a world record attempt next year. 

Bob Garnant

Bioharvest demonstrationPremiumWA woolgrowers look at the bioharvest potential

WA woolgrowers have cautiously welcomed a “game changing” method to harvest wool without the need for shearers after seeing Australian Wool Innovation’s latest biological harvesting option with their own eyes. 

Bob Garnant

AWI ELECTIONS PremiumFarm groups at odds over AWI board candidates

Farming groups are at loggerheads over who should represent farmers on the Australian Wool Innovation board, with Stud Merino Breeders Association of WA the latest group to weigh in on the debate. 

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NEW TECHPremiumAustralian Wool Innovation casts global net for new tech

Australian Wool Innovation has cast a global net and put up to $3 million on the table to find a way to remove weakened wool from sheep as it tries to find a “robust” alternative to traditional shearing. 

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WOOL SELLSRealistic sellers emerge as woolgrowers give in to prices

Wool stockpiles are bulging in stores across the country as woolgrowers try to ride out low prices on offer, but despite the fluctuating market there are plenty of sellers taking the money offered. 

Aidan Smith

AWI ELECTIONSPremiumWoolProducers recommends alternative AWI directors

WoolProducers Australia has recommended two alternative options for woolgrowers to consider for the vacant Australian Wool Innovation board positions open at its November elections.

Aidan Smith

WOOL MARKET UPDATEChinese wool buyers consistent but ‘price sensitive’

Wool exports to China continue to be consistent at about 81 per cent of total Australian exports but buyers are “price sensitive” and have a low appetite for risk, according to analysis.

Aidan Smith

AWI ELECTIONSJackson gets AWI board nomination

West Australian woolgrowers are one step closer to having new representation on the Australian Wool Innovation board after Kojonup sheep producer Neil Jackson was endorsed for shareholder consideration.

Aidan Smith

WOOLPRODUCERS ELECTIONSEastern States nominations dominate WoolProducers elections

WA woolgrowers will be left with just one representative on the WoolProducers Australia board for the next two years after five eastern states woolgrowers put their hands up for the November director elections.

Aidan Smith