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June 24, 2019Koenarl stud a rare sheep showcase
STOCK & LAND – by Kylie Nicholls – “English Leicester and Southdown stalwart Colin Taylor has been a familiar face at Victoria’s big sheep shows for many years and is passionate about preserving the special genetics of these historical breeds.”
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National wool offering dwindles to 19,000 bales
STOCK & LAND – by Bruce McLeish – “The Australian wool market continued to head south last week in what was a small east coast only offering, with no sale being held in the west. “
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Traceability, consultation, measurement and evaluation key strategic priorities for AWI
MIRAGE NEWS – “Australian Wool Innovation’s (AWI) strategic plan for the next three years has been published, with traceability, consultation and measurement and evaluation highlighted as the major investment and operational priorities for the not-for-profit company owned by Australia’s woolgrowers.”
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AWI will spend $95 million on its programs during the next three years
THE WEEKLY TIMES – by Nicola Bell – “AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation will spend $95 million on its programs in 2019-20, according to the company’s new three-year strategic plan released today.”
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RamSelect app offered free to breeders to boost usage
SHEEP CENTRAL – “RAM breeders will be able to list their sale catalogues on the RamSelect sheep selection app free of charge following changes to the web-based product’s business model.”
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Forward wool market operating but at significant discounts
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner – “BUYERS on the forward market tentatively returned through spring and early summer, but at significant discounts to cash indicating the difficulty of attracting future business.”
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AWI adds traceability to marketing focus in 2019-22 strategic plan
SHEEP CENTRAL – “AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation has listed traceability, consultation, measurement and evaluation as major priorities in its strategic plan for the next three years.”
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June 23, 2019Australian wool market closes 57c down
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Bruce McLeish, Elders northern zone wool manager – “THE Australian wool market continued to head south last week in what was a small east coast only offering, with no sale being held in the west.”
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Family and friends pay tribute to wool industry ‘dallion’ Trevor Picker
GOULBURN POST – by Hannah Sparks – “Trevor Picker AM always brought kindness and light to those around him and on Friday as family and friends gathered to remember his life, the sun shone over Bigga.”
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Working dogs compete to be named Australia’s hardest worker
STOCK & LAND – “Does your dog have what it takes to be crowned Australia’s hardest working dog? Dog owners can put their best friends to the test by nominating them for the 2019 Cobber Working Dog Challenge.”
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June 22, 2019Farmers desperate for cull of wild deer costing one wool producer ‘$1m worth of suits’
ABC NEWS – by Jessica Hayes – “Tasmania’s wild deer problem is keeping farmer Simon Cameron up at night with worry. The introduced pests damage his fences and farm infrastructure, graze on his best land and cause erosion on his property, which produces some of the highest quality wool in Australia.”
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June 21, 2019Shearwell Australia Sheep Week day five heads to Victoria
STOCK & LAND – “Shearwell Australia Sheep Week 2019 moved into Victoria on Friday, on day five of the event.”
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Weekly Price Reports
AUSTRALIAN WOOL INNOVATION – Wool market review – week ending 21 June 2019 (Week 51)
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Sheds full of shearing history
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN – by Zach Relph – Countryman – “Alex Cant is making sure Australia does not get fleeced of its wool history. The 72-year-old farmer has steadily stockpiled a vast collection of shearing equipment at his Kojonup-Broomehill farm in the past decade.”
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Wool prices slip further
TOWN & COUNTRY – “Season 18 – Week 51 Source: Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) The penultimate sale of the 2018/19 wool selling season (week 51) has produced another week of losses, after the price reductions experienced over the previous two weeks. “
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Shearing industry association boosts its influence
FARM WEEKLY – by Aidan Smith – “THE public profile of the West Australian Shearing Industry Association (WASIA) has increased in the past 12 months, which has caught the eye of the wider agricultural industry and pushed a small rise in membership.”
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Australia wool prices fall again as global confidence wanes
SHEEP CENTRAL – “AUSTRALIAN wool prices fell lower this week as global economic unrest, supply chain financing and cashflow issues were identified as limiting buyer confidence.”
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Sheep losses from copper toxicity spark compensation talks
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “SHEEP producers are being warned to urgently assess the copper intake of their stock from supplementary feed rations and water following stock losses on northern New South Wales farms and in feedlots.”
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Comment: Dealing with the ongoing complexities of wool
NZ HERALD – THE COUNTRY – by Federated Farmers Bay of Plenty Meat & Wool – “Comment: Wool has so much potential yet we do not seem to be making any progress, writes Federated Farmers Bay of Plenty Meat & Wool Chairman Brent Mountfort…”
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June 20, 2019Shearwell Australia Sheep Week day four heads to Lockhart
THE LAND – “The fourth day of Shearwell Australia Sheep Week headed to Lockhart on Thursday… “
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China/US trade war impacts wool demand
STOCK & LAND – by Evan Croake, Techwool Trading Export Manager – “After a momentary, and short-lived market rise during week 48, the Australian wool market has continued its downward trend over the past few weeks.”
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How Woolmark And Prada Created The Sport Uniform Of The Future
ESQUIRE – by Finlay Renwick – “What does one of the world’s most prestigious sailing teams wear to take on the toughest competition in professional boat racing? Something that will keep them warm when it’s cold, cool when it’s hot and dry when the Atlantic decides to play up?”
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First boardshort made with 100% Australian Merino
INNOVATION IN TEXTILES – “Lifestyle brand Outerknown, the brainchild of surf legend Kelly Slater and designer John Moore, has created the world’s first boardshort crafted from 100% Australian Merino wool.”
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June 19, 2019World-class biosecurity key to market advantage
MIRAGE NEWS – ” … $7.5 million of new funding has been allocated to the red meat and wool sector to help with technology adoption and vital infrastructure to support growth and boost productivity.”
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Sustainability a talking point
THE WEST – COUNTRYMAN – by Bob Garnant – “The WA shearing industry welcomed State Government input into tackling sustainability issues at a meeting in Perth on Saturday.”
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Free SHEARING COURSE to try boost the industry!
TRIPLE M – Sean Lindsay – “Odds are you don’t have many mates that are sheep shearers or shed hands. That’s because labour numbers in the sheep industry are low despite the high demand for skilled sheep workers.”
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Shearer makes video rebutting lies being peddled by activists
THE WEEKLY TIMES – by Andrea Davy, Rural Weekly – “INSTEAD of shying away from the pressure created from animal activists, shearer James Braszell has taken them head on. Earlier this year the Lexton, Victoria man, who is also a talented rural photographer, had people posting false comments on his Facebook page about the wool industry.”
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$2b pay off in fine wool shift – NZM
RURAL NEWS – by Pam TIpa – “Shifting half of New Zealand’s crossbred wool clip to higher value fine wool contracts could boost the economy by about $2 billion, says NZ Merino Company (NZM) chief executive John Brakenridge.”
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June 18, 2019The action from day two of Shearwell Australia Sheep Week
THE LAND – by Karen Bailey and Rachael Webb – “THE main focus on day two of Shearwell Australia Sheep Week shifted to the NSW Central Tablelands and Central West with 23 studs putting livestock on display to talk all things sheep.”
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Lloyds still producing the goods from fine wool flock
STOCK & LAND – by Alastair Dowie – “Napoleons woolgrowers Phyllis and Jack Lloyd are happy to be still making an annual pilgrimage to the woolstores to see their clip sold.”
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Weaker market blamed on global economy
THE LAND – by Tom Rookyard – “The wool market has fallen to its lowest point since November 14, 2018, when the AWEX Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) fell to 1768 cents a kilogram, or in US dollar terms 1277c.”
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Saleyard lamb and cattle prices to bound higher as producers rebuild numbers
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Vernon Graham – “Saleyard beef and lamb prices are tipped to rise strongly next financial year as meat buyers jostle for smaller yardings triggered by herd and flock rebuilding…”
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Australian wool wanted to fill booming demand for NZ brands
THE WEEKLY TIMES – by Kate Dowler – “AUSTRALIAN wool auction prices continued to slide last week with Merino fibres the hardest hit, yet across the ditch demand is building for non-mulesed Aussie wool.”
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Agrinous allows agents to digitise stock sales
FARM WEEKLY – by Sharon O’Keeffe – “A Victorian based software platform startup is taking the administrative burden out of stock sales, streamlining and digitising the process in an effort to reduce workload and increase traceability. “
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June 17, 2019Rural Crime investigating the theft of 100 merino sheep from a property near Narromine
WESTERN MAGAZINE – “About 100 Merino sheep have been stolen from a property on Craigie Lea Road near Narromine.”
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Jack Hillier, Byron Campbell and Daniel McIntyre will be part of the NSW team in the national competition
GLEN INNES EXAMINER – by Andrew Messenger – “A trio of Glen Innes shearers have been selected to represent NSW in the sport’s national competition. Jack Hillier, Byron Campbell and Daniel McIntyre will head to Dubbo at the end of November to take on the country at the sport.”
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Wool market under scrutiny as end of season looms
FARM ONLINE – by Bruce McLeish – “The Australian wool market continued to decline last week as price resistance overwhelmed concerns about supply, although the largest processors from China were noticeably on the front foot securing mill fodder.”
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Hamilton police seek information after six wool bales go missing
THE STANDARD – by Andrew Thompson – “Hamilton police are seeking information from the public after six bales of wool valued at $18,000 have gone missing from The Wannon property, between Hamilton and Coleraine.”
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‘Blatant lies’: Wool worker hits out at ‘brainwashed’ PETA protesters over lamb stunt
YAHOO NEWS – by Nick Whigham – “Animal rights activists who carried a fake, dead lamb through Sydney in protest against cruelty in the wool industry are “brainwashed”, a Queensland wool worker says.”
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South Island wool sale bucks trend as 90 per cent finds buyers (NZ)
NZ HERALD – “Buyers found renewed vigour at this week’s South Island wool sale, especially for lamb’s wool and well-grown, well-prepared new season wool.”
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Fines risk for non-compliant WA sheep and goat movements
SHEEP CENTRAL – “WESTERN Australian sheep and goat owners not complying with the state’s traceability laws will risk fines of up to $500 in a statewide crackdown on stock movements starting next month.”
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UWA sheep temperament research finds stress gene link
SHEEP CENTRAL – “WESTERN Australian research has raised the prospect of a genetic test for sheep temperament that could also have implications for human stress assessment.”
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AWEX on-farm eBale trials to kick off in Victoria and NSW
SHEEP CENTRAL – “On-farm trials of Australia’s unique wool identification system – eBale – have been expanded to include the eastern states following grower interest in wool clip traceability.”
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Forward wool market aligns with physical auction price levels
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner – “FORWARD wool market prices traded down again last week in sympathy with the physical auctions.”
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June 16, 2019Increase in the flock remains a hostage to rainfall
STOCK & LAND – by Andrew Woods – “Official flock projections usually assume an increase in flock size, as the recent Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) sheep industry projections do.”
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June 15, 2019Results for 68th Hay Sheep Show
STOCK & LAND – by Stephen Burns – “The 68th Hay Merino Sheep Show saw the Bill Lamb Perpetual Trophy for supreme champion ram or ewe at the 2019 show awarded to six-tooth August-shorn medium wool ram.”
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Australian wool market decline continues
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Bruce McLeish, Elders northern zone wool manager – “THE Australian wool market continued to decline last week as price resistance overwhelmed concerns about supply although the largest processors from China were noticeably on the front foot securing mill fodder.”
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Wool sale bucks trend as 90% finds buyers
RURAL LIFE – by Sally Rae – “Buyers found renewed vigour at this week’s South Island wool sale, especially for lamb’s wool and well-grown, well-prepared new season wool.”
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June 14, 2019Diversify to ride out tough times
MIRAGE NEWS – “The reality of drought motivated Felicity McLeod’s 2017 Nuffield Scholarship research into effective business diversification strategies.”
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Weekly Price Reports
AUSTRALIAN WOOL INNOVATION – Wool market review – week ending 14 June 2019 (Week 50)
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Darkan’s Bob Hall among honour recipients
FARM WEEKLY – by Mal Gill – “STILL working with sheep and advising WA farmers at age 84, James Robert (Bob) Hall, Darkan, was recognised for significant service to the wool industry and agricultural sector in the Queen’s Birthday Honours on Monday.”
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Wool loses more ground
TOWN & COUNTRY – Season 18 – Week 50 – Source: Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) The Australian wool market has recorded further losses in week 50. The Fremantle region resumed sales after a one-week recess, helping to push the national offering up to 28,140 bales.”
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eBale trial to track wool starting in Victoria
STOCK & LAND – by Alastair Dowie – “On farm trials of eBale identification will test the application and processes to track individually tagged wool bales through the supply chain.”
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Australian wool growers hold stocks as auction prices slide
SHEEP CENTRAL – “AUSTRALIAN wool growers passed in more than 20 percent of bales offered nationally this week as major Chinese buyers stood out of the market.”
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Sheep Week 2019 maps
STOCK & LAND – “Not sure who’s opening their doors as part of this year’s Sheep Week? We’ve broken it down for you – day by day with these maps to help plan your trip around from day one on June 17 to Day 11 on June 27.”
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June 13, 2019Wando, Teviot share sheep honours at first Winton showing in years
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Sally Cripps – “It’s taken 34 years but Merino sheep have made a welcome return to the Winton Show. Five growers and 68 sheep made good use of the renovated pens on Saturday, and the section even received a surprise visit from Japan’s Consul-General Kazunari Tanaka and state agricultural minister Mark Furner.”
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Summer grazing: Fire risk threat to Central Highlands family tradition
THE WEEKLY TIMES – by Karolin MacGregor, Tasmanian Country – “IT IS one of Tasmania’s coldest regions but since 1852 members of the Glover family have been continuously farming in the Central Highlands.”
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No ram sale… but the Wool Show must go on
3BA 102.3FM – “The big dry – followed by the current big wet – has led to a pretty tough time for sheep farmers in Western Victoria. As a result, the Ballarat Merino Ram Sale – set for June 23 – has been cancelled.”
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ACCC scrutinises proposed Landmark/Ruralco deal
BEEF CENTRAL – “THE Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has raised concerns about Landmark’s proposed acquisition of Ruralco, asking for stakeholder comment on the competition impact a merged national agency business might have on the agriculture sector.”
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Mulesing pain relief pressure grows
WESTERN MAGAZINE – by Mark Phelps – “MORE pressure is mounting on the Australian wool industry to adopt mandatory pain relief for sheep subject to mulesing.”
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Victorian Sheep Show going ahead but without a ram sale this year
STOCK & LAND – “The impact of tough seasonal conditions leading to a lack of ram numbers entered for its Ballarat Merino ram sale has seen the Ballarat Agricultural and Pastoral Society (BAPS) sheep committee cancel this year’s sale.”
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Honour for farming consultant’s expansive agriculture career
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN – by Michael Traill – Great Southern Herald – “Darkan farming consultant James “Bob” Hall has been recognised for five decades of service to WA agriculture, joining more than 1200 Australians on the latest Queen’s Birthday Honours List.”
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June 12, 2019Leadership program fuels farmer’s wool passion
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN – by Zach Relph – Countryman – “Wheatbelt farmer Karen Smith has her sights set on driving WA’s wool sector forward. The Cunderdin grain-sheep producer has made headway in achieving her five-year goal to become a leader in the State’s wool industry after emerging as one of five participants in a development course.”
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Market falls on small offering as EMI loses 23¢
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN – by Zach Relph – Countryman – “The Australian wool market has fallen again, failing to maintain its upward spike on the back of the lowest weekly bale offering in a year and no WA auction.”
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Japanese Consul-General inspects world-class wool at Winton Show
THE NORTH WEST STAR – by Sally Cripps – “The role that Queensland’s wool industry could continue to play in overseas trade was highlighted on the weekend when the Japanese Consul-General to Queensland, Kazunari Tanaka, and consul Daisuke Miyake visited the Winton Show.”
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Mulesing pain relief pressure grows
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Mark Phelps – “MORE pressure is mounting on the Australian wool industry to adopt mandatory pain relief for sheep subject to mulesing. The petition – initiated by German film maker Joanna Michna – urges Australian governments to legislate the use of pain management for surgical interventions, most noteably mulesing.”
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Online wool sales falter as physical auction demand wanes on quality
SHEEP CENTRAL – “ONLINE wool sales on the AuctionsPlus platform dried up as the price benchmark for Australia’s physical auctions lost ground again last week.”
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Simple principle pays off with two wool clip awards
RURAL LIFE – by Yvonne O’Hara – “As a ”one-man band” Earl Attfield is also a follower of the KISS principle. That allows him to ”tweak” his operations when necessary for efficiency and wool quality, and that paid off when he and wife Bernadine won two trophies for their merino wool clip at the Otago Merino Association’s recent annual awards in Alexandra.”
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Matching stocking rate to pasture productivity is crucial
SHEEP CENTRAL – “MORE than 25 percent of pasture productivity could be lost by not matching stocking rate to carrying capacity during dry times, according to grazing consultant Bart Davidson.”
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Working dogs – an essential part of the outback team
ABC NEWS – Kelly Butterworth – “Technology has seen massive changes to life on the land over the last century but there’s been one constant toiling alongside Australia’s farmers – the humble working dog. Historians laud the tireless dogs that powered the rise of our beef and wool industries. 7.30 meets central Queensland farmers who couldn’t live without their trusty sidekicks.”
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NSW Police report sheep thefts at Dubbo, Tullamore and O’Connell
SHEEP CENTRAL – “RECENT sheep thefts are being investigated by New South Wales Police at O’Connell in the central tablelands, Tullamore in the central west and near Dubbo in the Orana region.”
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Weekly rainfall wrap + rain outlook, 12 June 2019
SHEEP CENTRAL – Guest Author – “AN upper-level trough produced moderate falls in Queensland’s northern and central interior, while a series of strong cold fronts produced moderate falls in south-west Western Australia.”
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Sheep and beef producers to converge on Bendigo
SHEEP CENTRAL – “VICTORIA’S sheep and beef producers will enjoy a packed two-day program at the combined BetterBeef and BestWool/BestLamb 2019 Annual Conference in Bendigo next week.”
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Outrage as animal rights activists stage an anti-wool protest in the middle of Sydney using a ‘bloody fake lamb’
DAILY MAIL (UK) by Kylie Stevens for Daily Mail Australia – “Animal rights protesters have staged a controversial protest in the middle of Sydney using a bloody and dismembered sheep. Wednesday’s protest by PETA, was held in the middle of Pitt Street – the centre of Sydney’s retail trade – to protest the use of wool in clothing.”
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Tributes continue to flow for Trevor Picker
GOULBURN POST – by Louise Thrower – “Police continue to investigate the cause of a crash near Binda on Friday night that claimed the life of a prominent wool grower.”
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Bridget McKenzie says AWI needs to act fast on review recommendations
THE WEEKLY TIMES – by Nicola Bell – “AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation must have “robust, accountable governance systems” and implement recommendations from an independent review “swiftly”. “
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June 11, 2019It’s a dry seasonal climate outlook for June-August 2019
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Bureau of Meteorology – “A dry winter likely in the east and parts of the south BELOW average winter rainfall is likely for much of eastern Australia, south-eastern South Australia and WA’s southern coast.”
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Casterton working dog auction gets online boost to $15,000 top price
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “ONLINE bidding has opened up Australia’s premier working dog auction at Casterton in Victoria to a new group of buyers from across the nation.”
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BoM warns of heavy rain and chance of flash flooding early Wednesday
STOCK & LAND – by Alastair Dowie – “A severe weather warning and sheep graziers alert have been issue for damaging winds and heavy rain across large parts of the state tomorrow.”
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A wool growing, footy loving legend dies, and the high country mourns Trevor Picker
THE RIOT ACT – by Genevieve Jacobs – “The high cold country around Bigga breeds special characteristics into its hardy denizens, among them super soft merino wool and resilient, dedicated wool growers.”
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Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli Team Chooses Wool for Technical Uniforms
WWD.COM – by Alessandra Turra – “ALL WOOL: The Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team is going sustainable, switching synthetic fabrics with wool ones.”
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Woollen clothing exempt from high tariffs
STOCK & LAND – by Chris Wilcox – “The trade dispute between the United States and China reignited in mid-May, with the Trump administration announcing that 25 per cent import duties would be imposed on about US$200 billion of imported products from China.”
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June 10, 2019Poll Merino stud master Ken Riley awarded an OAM
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Sally Cripps – “The man who was responsible for much of the development of the poll Merino industry in Australia, Ken Riley has received a Medal in the Order of Australia”
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Casterton Kelpie Muster draws a crowd
STOCK & LAND – “A 2-year-old Kelpie bitch named Whiskey has earned the title of Casterton’s top dog after she scored a $15,000 price tag at Australia’s premier working dog auction at the long weekend.”
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Wool market drops but quality remains in demand
THE WEEKLY TIMES – by Peter Somerville – “THE wool market took a comparatively modest hit last week, with a change in currency markets affecting growers’ returns. The Eastern Market Indicator dropped 23c/kg last week, to finish at 1864c/kg.”
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Rural achievers recognised in 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours
SHEEP CENTRAL – by James Nason – “FORMER Queensland Merino stud master of the year Kenrick Riley, a founding president of the Australian Campdraft Association, an ex-Cattle Council of Australia vice president and a prominent WA farm management consultant are among the agricultural identities recognised in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honours List announced on Sunday.”
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Fine wool farmers reap rewards of lucrative long-term contracts
STUFF – by Gerard Hutching – “Fine wool farmers are being offered enticing prices of over $20 per kilogram by US company VF Corporation for contracts of between three and five years.”
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Introducing The 100% Merino Wool Trunk
SHOP EAT SURF – PRESS RELEASES – “Lifestyle brand Outerknown has created the world’s first trunk crafted from 100% Australian Merino wool.”
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Low production sees wool turnover drop
FARM WEEKLY – by Mal Gil – “TURNOVER from wool auctions plummeted 22 per cent in May as the lack of wool for sale nationally continues to impact on industry revenues.”
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June 9, 2019The animal rights activism Parliamentary inquiry is underway
STOCK & LAND – by Andrew Miller – “The Victorian Farmers Federation is calling on its members to voice their concerns – and pose solutions – to animal activism. “
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Crookwell and Goulburn districts farewell Trevor Picker
GOULBURN POST – “The region lost a leader in Australia’s superfine wool industry on Friday afternoon with the death of Trevor Picker.”
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China-owned NZ Wool Services loss widens on loan impairment
NZ HERALD – by Jamie Gray, Business Reporter NZ Herald – “Wool processor and trader New Zealand Wool Services International – utimately owned by Chinese textiles investor Shandong RuYi Science and Technology Group – reported a $3.2 million loss in 2018 due to largely to an impairment expense.”
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Merino Challenge attracts 161 students
FARM WEEKLY – by Mal Gill – “THIS year’s National Merino Challenge results, determined recently at the Sydney Showgrounds, were dominated by students from New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.”
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June 8, 2019Garnett appointed as youth ambassador
FARM WEEKLY – by Mal Gill – “FIFTH generation sheep breeder Shelby Garnett, 20, Gnowangerup, is one of two youth ambassadors announced this week by WoolProducers Australia (WPA).”
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After Two Million Pounds of Wool, Time to Pass the Shears (USA)
VINEYARD GAZETTE – by Sill Sennott – “Though his trucks rarely last more than three years, Andy Rice has held on to his specialized WOOL license plate for over 40 years.”
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June 7, 2019BEYOND THE BALE
AUSTRALIAN WOOL INNOVATION – View the complete interactive June edition of Beyond the Bale with videos and image galleries.
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Weekly Price Reports
AUSTRALIAN WOOL INNOVATION – Wool market review – week ending 7 June 2019 (Week 49)
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Forward wool trading discounts increase marginally
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner – “FORWARD wool trading discounts have increased marginally with the market seeing spring supply outstripping demand.”
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South Australia to look west for sheep when OJD rules change
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “SOUTH Australia will deregulate its Ovine Johne’s Disease restrictions on sheep entering the state from July 1 this year, but authorities and stock agents are still urging caution.”
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Best style Merino and coarse crossbred wool holds value
SHEEP CENTRAL – “GOOD style high yielding sound Merino wool and coarse crossbred fleece fared best in another general fall in the Australian auction market this week.”
