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March 30, 2020Wool demand in key markets will be flat for next six months
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Vernon Graham – “Some wool factories have reopened in China while others have lost orders from buyers in the United States, Australian Wool Innovation chairman Colette Garnsey has told growers.”
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Push for new non-mulesed category on NWD put on ice
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Vernon Graham – “A controversial push to add a new category to the National Wool Declaration (NWD) form to recognise alternative methods to surgical mulesing has been abandoned – for the time being.”
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Plea for shearing industry to be essential
FARM WEEKLY – by Mal Gill – “SHEARING contractors and woolgrowers hope a critical shortage of shearers and wool handlers in Western Australia can be averted by governments declaring wool an essential industry.”
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Top young Australian wool brokers sought for 2020 award
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “THE annual search for Australia’s top young wool brokers is on again, with nominations being sought for the sector’s top award.”
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Anger and relief as AWEX keeps non-mulesed definition on NWD
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “A DECISION to maintain the current interpretation of non-mulesed wool on Australia’s National Wool Declaration has been welcomed by the nation’s peak grower body, but condemned by some breeders and animal welfare interests.”
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New online sheep auction platform waives fees during COVID-19
SHEEP CENTRAL – “NEW online sheep seller FarmGate Auctions is waiving listing fees for its livestock customers following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.”
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March 29, 2020Wool market stages a recovery of sorts
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Bruce McLeish – “A RECOVERY of sorts occurred as expected for the wool market last week, and hopefully it was not just a dead cat bounce.”
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Times Past: The Examiner on March 29, 1919
THE EXAMINER – by Frances Vinall – “On this day 101 years ago the Spanish flu pandemic was wreaking havoc on the world – but life carried on in Launceston.”
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March 27, 2020Australian sheep shearing continues, but fearing a lockdown
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “SHEEP shearing is continuing around Australia, but with sheds implementing social distancing strategies consistent with government and industry advice as the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis continues.”
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Wool forward trading increases as auction market stabilises
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner – “WOOL’S forward trading market has recorded its highest weekly volume for the year, with growers opting for some certainty in these uncertain times.”
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Fine Merino wool prices steady as Chinese mills return
SHEEP CENTRAL – “AUSTRALIAN Merino wool prices generally regained ground this week in the face of a less favourable exchange rate as competition between major exporters and Chinese buyers improved.”
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This week’s wool market review & update
AUSTRALIAN WOOL INNOVATION – Week 39 – March 2020
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Livestock and wool auctions to remain open
BUSSELTON MAIL – by Daniel McCulloch – “The devastating coronavirus outbreak destroying entire Australian industries will not stop livestock sales and wool auctions going ahead.”
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Wool market feeling better with EMI climbing 4c
FARM WEEKLY – by Vernon Graham – “Coronavirus couldn’t stop auction wool sales this week or a modest lift in prices with the Eastern Market Indicator rising 4 cents to 1442c kilogram clean.”
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March 26, 2020Sheep Producers Australia backs COVID-19 response initiatives
SHEEP CENTRAL – “SHEEP Producers Australia is supporting sheep and red meat industry initiatives on agriculture-related transport, live export and wool supply during the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis.”
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Finally, goodbye to GIC as growers get $21m
STOCK & LAND – by Vernon Graham – “A tortuous battle to wind up the defunct Graziers Investment Company (GIC) has finally ended with $21 million headed to its Australian woolgrower shareholders.”
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Bigga wool is named among world’s finest in Zegna awards
GOULBURN POST – by Hannah Sparks – “Wool presented by growers from Bigga has been named among the finest in the world in the 2020 Ermenegildo Zegna Wool Awards, which were judged in Goulburn and announced on March 24.”
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Wool prices make gains despite ongoing global coronavirus crisis
STOCK & LAND – by Vernon Graham – “The wool market has defied coronavirus with the Eastern Market Indicator rising by seven cents on Wednesday to 1440c a kilogram clean.”
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March 25, 2020Social distancing at wool auction
FARM WEEKLY – “It was back to basics for wool auctions at the Western Wool Centre today.”
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Major Zegna wool awards go to Victoria and Tasmania
FARM WEEKLY – by Vernon Graham – “Victoria’s David and Susan Rowbottom from St Helens have added a sixth Vellus Aureum Trophy for producing the finest Merino fleece in the world.”
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Australian wool sales continue as South Africa shuts down
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “AUSTRALIA’S wool auctions are expected to continue despite the second stage business and personal gathering restrictions announced by Prime Minister Scott Morrison last night.”
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Come to bootcamp with Lambs Alive and Sheep Central + VIDEO
SHEEP CENTRAL – “AUSTRALIA’S first online bootcamp for sheep farmers will meet the COVID-19 pandemic head on with a series of free webinars from Lambs Alive and Sheep Central next week to help producers boost returns in today’s markets.”
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Wool buyers step back from online AuctionsPlus buying
SHEEP CENTRAL – “WOOL buyers stepped back from online sourcing last week as the physical auction market was hit harder by the growing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.”
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March 24, 2020EMI jumps US47c as hope returns to ailing wool market
FARM WEEKLY – by Vernon Graham – “Australia’s first wool auction under strict new coronavirus rules in Melbourne on Tuesday showed some glimmers of hope for the market.”
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March 23, 2020Wool market continues to nosedive as coronavirus threat escalates
STOCK & LAND – by Bruce McLeish – “The wool market continued with the jitters last week and eased by 5.5 per cent in local currency terms.”
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Wool argues its case to be declared an essential industry under coronavirus
FARM WEEKLY – by Vernon Graham – “Key participants along the supply and marketing chain have written to federal and state political leaders urging them to declare wool an essential industry.”
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Australian wool auction rooms are reorganised to survive COVID-19
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “AUSTRALIA’S wool auction rooms are being re-organised to minimise their coronavirus risk and online selling options are also being considered.”
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AuctionsPlus and WoolQ ready their online wool auction systems
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “AUSTRALIA’S largest online livestock seller AuctionsPlus and newcomer WoolQ are getting ready to provide online wool auctions in the event of the loss of physical wool-selling services due to the coronavirus pandemic.”
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MLA disaster recovery webinars to kick off tomorrow
SHEEP CENTRAL – ” … The webinars hosted by Meat & Livestock Australia, Australian Wool Innovation and AWI Sheep Connect NSW form part of a broader response package to support livestock producers during these challenging times.”
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Dark Ice Project: An expedition across Arctic in darkness of an icy winter
MIRAGE NEWS – “… The Woolmark Company with its Dark Ice Project partners is creating the ultimate polar exploration garments for a trio of explorers who will travel across the arctic to the North Pole in the dark of winter.”
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March 22, 2020Wool cut is king at Wardlaw’s
STOCK & LAND – by Alistair Dowie – “Avoca district farmers David and Sally Wardlaw aim to produce 100 bales of wool a year from their self-replacing Merino flock.”
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Wool market jitters continue
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Bruce McLeish, Elders northern wool manager – “THE wool market continued with the jitters last week and eased by 5.5 per cent in local currency terms with AWEX’s Eastern Market Indicator closing down 83c on 1438c.”
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March 21, 2020Coronavirus attack gives wool market a painful week
STOCK & LAND – by Vernon Graham – “The coronavirus virus which had given the wool market some sniffles in recent weeks has now developed into full-blown flu.”
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Crunching the numbers a focus at Wagin
FARM WEEKLY – by Lynette Carew-Reid – “ELECTRONIC identification, pregnancy scanning and foetal ageing have been a huge package that has changed the way Wagin farmer Clayton South manages his sheep and cropping enterprise.”
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March 20, 2020This week’s wool market review & update
AUSTRALIAN WOOL INNOVATION – Week 38 – March 2020
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Forward wool market follows downturn in auction values
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Michael Avery, Souther Aurora Markets partner – “THE wool forward market chugged along this week as the spot auction sector tried to cope with the uncertainty that has become the new normal.”
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Merino wool prices crash as coronavirus crashes market confidence
SHEEP CENTRAL – “MERINO wool prices fell by 110-139 cents a kilogram in Australia this week as the market was hit harder by global coronavirus COVID-19 economic impacts.”
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Nominations open for 2020 Australian Wool Industry Medal
SHEEP CENTRAL – “NOMINATIONS have opened for the prestigious Australian Wool Industry Medal to be awarded in August this year.”
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Minister shows support for sheep industry
FARM WEEKLY – by Jodie Rintoul – “THE exciting times and the opportunities to be had in the Merino industry were reinforced by Agriculture and Food Minister Alannah MacTiernan at the Stud Merino Breeders’ Association of WA annual general meeting in Perth last week.”
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Shearing handpiece to get smart
MIRAGE NEWS – “Director Will Mitchell with Product Design Engineer Katherine Moriarty from 4C Design, which is developing a prototype smart shearing handpiece. 4C Design’s prior work includes the development of the Numnuts® hand tool (pictured behind).”
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Interest from China quite strong at wool auctions
FIBRE2FASHION – ” Chinese top-makers and trading exporters to China dominated buying lists at the Australian wool auctions this week. Whist the price was deteriorating rapidly, the interest from China remained quite strong, as many of the factories in China are now returning somewhat to normal following their disruptions since the Chinese New Year on the 25th January.”
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March 19, 2020Leading wool family marks 100 years with top yarn
THE LEAD – by Belinda Willis – “As wool prices remain relatively stable despite challenges in the Chinese export market, AJ and PA McBride is working to boost its annual wool production from 6400 to 10,000 bales.”
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Wool market groans under weight of coronavirus panic
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Vernon Graham – “The Eastern Market Indicator plunged 52 cents a kilogram clean on Wednesday as coronavirus continued to pile more pain on the wool market.”
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Record sheep numbers go east
FARM WEEKLY – by Aidan Smith – “THE Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) is encouraging sheep producers to “make sheep selling decisions carefully” after a record 239,600 sheep and lambs were transferred east from Western Australia in the first two months of 2020.”
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March 18, 2020STOLL announces collaboration with Woolmark
FIBRE2FASHION – “STOLL has announced the collaboration and contribution to several projects with Woolmark. STOLL is one of the leading manufacturer of flat knitting machines. Woolmark is the global authority on wool. Through its network of relationships, they highlight Australian wool’s position as the ultimate natural fibre and premier ingredient in luxury apparel.”
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Coronavirus pandemic hits AuctionsPlus Wool sales
SHEEP CENTRAL – “ONLINE wool sales slumped last week as the Australian wool market finally reacted to the global pandemic of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. AuctionsPlus Wool project manager Tom Rookyard said global economies and share markets have been falling of the past few weeks; however, prior to this the wool market has held its ground.”
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March 17, 2020Wagga Christian College welcome opportunity to learn from commercial wether trial
THE RURAL – “A GROUP of Wagga students are involved in the 2020 School Merino Wether Challenge.”
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More wool market stumbles as coronavirus saps confidence
FARM WEEKLY – by Vernon Graham – “Wool’s benchmark Eastern Market Indicator tumbled another 19 cents when this week’s sales resumed in Melbourne on Tuesday amid world panic about coronvirus.”
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Wool industry endures one hit after another
STOCK & LAND – by Stewart Raine – “There is no doubt Australian wool growers are demonstrating unprecedented levels of resilience, as the industry endures one hit after another.”
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Researchers develop prototype vaccines for sheep flystrike
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Vernon Graham – “Researchers are testing prototype flystrike vaccines using key proteins in blowfly larvae that are important for their growth and development.”
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Wool industry may never recoup latest losses
FARM WEEKLY – by Mal Gill – “AUSTRALIA’S wool industry may never recoup the value of sales lost due to the combined impacts of the coronavirus and Talman selling system shutdown of wool auctions last month.”
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Wool market remains calm amid global panic
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Bruce McLeish – “In a dramatic week across the globe currencies crashed, equities soared then crashed, then boomed again, and the wool market eased a little bit.”
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March 16, 2020The show can’t go on: COVID-19 knocks out shows, field days
STOCK & LAND – by Andrew Miller – “One of Victoria’s most significant agricultural field days, Farm World, Lardner Park, Warragul, has been cancelled – the latest event to fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic.”
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Australian dairy manager provides an insider’s view of coronavirus in China
STOCK & LAND – by Carlene Dowie – “An Australian working on large-scale dairy farms in China has provided a fascinating insight into the impact of coronavirus controls in that country via a series of posts on LinkedIn in the past week.”
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Grower bodies clash over changes to National Wool Declaration
FARM WEEKLY – by Vernon Graham – “The NSW Farmers Association has backed proposed changes to the National Wool Declaration (NWD) and put itself out of step with WoolProducers Australia, the peak grower body.”
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Peter Westblade Scholarship judges award joint 2020 winners
SHEEP CENTRAL – “OINT winners of the prestigious Peter Westblade Scholarship have been announced from a field of high calibre sheep and wool industry finalists.”
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Global merino conference in Otago: president says industry better than ever
RURAL LIFE (NZ) – by Sally Rae – “World Federation of Merino Breeders president Will Roberts reckons he has never seen the merino industry has never been so good as it is now.”
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March 15, 2020Wool eases, but market still calm and orderly
North Queensland REGISTER – by Bruce McLeish – “IN a dramatic week across the globe, currencies crashed, equities soared then crashed, then boomed again, and the wool market eased a little bit.”
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Future for fine wool on the line as drought grips Queensland’s Traprock
ABC NEWS – Landline – by Pip Courtney – “Fine wool worth more than $500,000 a bale is a fading memory in Queensland’s Traprock region, where its quickest, fiercest drought ever has decimated merino flocks.”
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March 13, 2020
This week’s wool market review & update
AUSTRALIAN WOOL INNOVATION – Week 37 – March 2020
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Australian wool prices correct slightly under global pressure
SHEEP CENTRAL – “AUSTRALIAN wool prices corrected down this week under global economic pressures, with more growers withdrawing or passing in lines at the lower prices.”
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Forward wool sellers discount to cut risk as COVID-19 impact grows
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner – “UNCERTAINTY around the impact of the coronavirus or COVID-19 on supply chains and global economies has seen stock and commodity markets fall sharply.”
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Wool tangled in ongoing global uncertainty
STOCK & LAND – by Alister Carr – “Widespread rain across most of the eastern wool growing regions has delivered renewed optimism for wool growers.”
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March 12, 2020Theft of over 120 merino ewes at Rand
COROWA FREE PRESS – “The Rural Crime Prevention Team is investigating the theft of 124 merino ewes from a property in the Rand/Walbundrie area approximately 70 kilometres north-west of Albury.”
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Rural Notebook | District merinos have their moment in the sun
WESTERN ADVOCATE – by John Seaman – “LAST Friday’s Bathurst Merino Association (BMA) Maiden Merino Ewe Competition was a showpiece of the merino industry in the eastern segment of the Bathurst district. “
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Wool’s EMI sheds 39c as coronavirus spreads around world
FARM WEEKLY – by Vernon Graham – “Worldwide panic about coronavirus has sent a sick feeling through the wool market with the Eastern Market Indicator tumbling 39 cents on Wednesday to 1523c a kilogram clean.”
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March 11, 2020Coronavirus making wool business hard at home and abroad
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “CORONAVIRUS impacts are widening on Australian wool industry bodies as organisations consider the infection risks with meetings planned domestically and overseas.”
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Weekly rainfall wrap + rain outlook, 11 March 2020
SHEEP CENTRAL – Bureau of Meteorology – “LOW pressure systems brought moderate to heavy falls of rain across New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania over the past week.”
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Online wool buying slumps with auction drop
SHEEP CENTRAL – “ONLINE wool buying halved last week as Australia’s auction market was supplied with its biggest bale offering since 2008. AuctionsPlus technical operations officer Matt Cotton said the online platform sold 159 bales last week, about half the previous week’s result, when auction sales were suspended due to the Talman software issues.”
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Wool forwards trade at discount as auction prices slump
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets – “WOOL forward contracts traded at a discount last week with one ‘black swan’ event – the previous week’s sales’ cancellation — behind us as physical auctions recommenced.”
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No coronavirus panic in ag sector where agenda is focused and rain-revived
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Andrew Marshall – “Australia’s coronavirus-chilled economy looks set to slide into its first recession in almost three decades, but there are no glaring reasons for the farm sector to be spooked by the pandemic panic.”
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Family’s three generations of showing merinos (NZ)
RURAL LIFE – by Kerrie Waterworth – “When it comes to a winning merino sheep, looks do matter. That is the opinion of Tarras merino sheep farmer Robbie Gibson, whose family has been entering merino sheep in the Wanaka A&P Show since it started.”
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Junee’s George latest inductee into AWI graduate program
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – “A young man whose family has been farming in NSW and South Australia for more than 150 years is the latest inductee into Australian Wool Innovation’s Graduate Training Program.”
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March 10, 2020Mamma mia, coronavirus hits Italian wool mils
FARM ON LINE – Vernon Graham – “The growing havoc coronavirus is having on retail sales, particularly in Europe, is causing increased jitters in the global wool industry.”
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Wool Industry Long-Term Plan
MIRAGE NEWS – “AWI’s Woolgrower Consultation Group is to develop a 10-year strategic plan for the Australian wool industry, in consultation with woolgrowers and other industry stakeholders. AWI will resource the development of the plan.”
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Wool auctions back in action (NZ)
RURAL NEWS – by Nigel Malthus – “Wool trading on both sides of the Tasman is back up and running after a cyberattack on industry software provider Talman.”
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Tough conditions breed the Merino of the future
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – “Every day when Errol Brumpton looks out at his “remarkable” Merino sheep flock he is struck with the same emotion.”
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New technology to measure wool follicle density
MIRAGE NEWS – “A new technology is being developed as part of an AWI- funded project that could enable woolgrowers to easily and cost effectively analyse the wool follicle density of sheep at a much younger age (prior to first shearing) than is currently possible. This would enable far more rapid genetic improvement in both wool production (weight) and quality (diameter).”
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March 9, 2020Market struggles to absorb large wool offering
STOCK & LAND – by Bruce McLeish – “Sales resumed again across Australia after the ‘Talman recess’ and the market struggled to absorb the extra quantity on offer, as everyone expected it would.”
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Mega Chinese wool processor grabs another Victorian farm
STOCK & LAND – by Vernon Graham – “China’s biggest buyer of Australian wool is reported to have added to his portfolio of Victorian farmland with the purchase of the historic Mawallok property near Beaufort.”
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March 8, 2020Sales of Tasmania wool began again last week after a ransomware attack
THE EXAMINER – by Jackson Worthington – “A Tasmanian wool seller said results from last week’s wool sales were positive, despite a ransomware attack which caused a large quantity to be put on the market.”
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March 7, 2020Sheep numbers increase
RIVERINE HERALD – by Deniliquin Pastoral Times – “Numbers increased at the fortnightly Deniliquin Sheep Sale on Tuesday, off the back of strong prices with another good offering of grain fed lambs available to processors.”
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Shear passion in the air (NZ)
WAIRARAPA TIMES-AGE – by Emma Brown – “It was the second day of the Golden Shears on Thursday, and passion for the sport was in the air. Another day of competitions had not only local and national but also international competitors testing their skills.”
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March 6, 2020
This week’s wool market review & update
AUSTRALIAN WOOL INNOVATION – Week ending 6 March 2020 (Week 36) – “Australian wool prices were negatively influenced this week by the decision to cancel sales last week due to a service provider unable to deliver the necessary data. An industry committee consisting of wool selling brokers and buyers/exporters determined the auctions could not be conducted under the normal working arrangement scenario, so postponement was deemed the only option. AWEX reported the volume of 62,000 bales plus was the second largest weekly offering in over a decade.”
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Fires killed 70,000 sheep with most lost on Kangaroo Island
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Vernon Graham – “The recent horror bushfires killed 70,000 sheep with 80 per cent of them on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island.”
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Michael Manion charity receives donation from colourful bale sale
STOCK & LAND – “A very colourful and specially-decorated wool bale was auctioned for charity this week, with all proceeds donated to the Michael Manion Wool Industry Foundation”
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EMI down 19c after biggest offering in 12 years
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Vernon Graham – “The wool market groaned from the impact of this week’s big offering of 62,166 bales which helped push the Eastern Market Indicator down 19 cents to 1562c.”
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Australian wool prices negatively influenced this week
FIBRE2FASHION – “Prices at Australian wool auctions were negatively influenced this week by the decision to cancel sales last week due to a service provider unable to deliver the necessary data. Australian Wool Exchange (AWEX) reported the volume of 62,000 bales plus was the second largest weekly offering in over a decade, which was just too much for the market to cope with.”
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Collaborative approach needed on wool software woes
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “AUSTRALIA’s wool industry needed to collaboratively discuss solutions to its software services issues following the Talman cyber attack, Australian Council of Wool Exporters and Processors president Matt Hand said today.”
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Australian wool prices strain under largest offering since 2008
SHEEP CENTRAL – “AUSTRALIA’S wool market opened solidly this week, but lost ground under the weight of a 62,217-bale offering — the largest weekly figure since 2008.”
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Show shaping up as volunteers start preparations (NZ)
RURAL LIFE – by Kerrie Waterworth – “The countdown to the 2020 Upper Clutha A&P Show has started, as fences appear on Wanaka’s Pembroke Park and teams of volunteers descend on the showgrounds, moving paraphernalia and equipment out of storage.”
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March 5, 2020Wool auctions back online after cyber attack brings down selling system
ABC NEWS – NSW Country Hour – by Cara Jeffery – “Wool auctions are back in action after a cyber attack shut down the national selling system last week.”
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Crunching the data in the Peter Westblade Memorial Merino Challenge
THE RURAL – by Nikki Reynolds – “THE shearing shed at “Glenmoira”, Harefield was a hive of activity on Thursday after up to 100mm of rain fell throughout southern NSW.”
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EMI rises as wool markets roar back into life
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Vernon Graham – “Wool auctions finally roared back into life yesterday after the industry’s main software provider overcame a crippling cyber attack with the Eastern Market Indicator edging up three cents to 1584c a kilogram clean.”
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WA leads summer wool production stats
FARM WEEKLY – by Mal Gill – “WESTERN Australian woolgrowers appear to have bucked a national trend of declining summer wool production this year.”
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Demand sees 24,000 more sheep go east
FARM WEEKLY – by Aiden Smith – “LIVESTOCK producers continue to cash in on the demand from Eastern States’ buyers with a solid first AuctionsPlus sale result for the year by Elders, seeing 23,989 head sold last week for $3.6 million.”
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Wool stolen from Smoky Bay
WEST COAST SENTINEL – “Police are investigating after nine bales of wool were stolen from a Smoky Bay property this week.”
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Cyber attack on wool sales a wake-up call for agriculture
FARM WEEKLY – by Vernon Graham – “The cyber attack on the computer software underpinning the Australian wool trade shows how vulnerable agriculture is to malicious hackers, according to a Charles Sturt University academic.”
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March 4, 2020Wool sale shutdown a disaster waiting to to happen
FARM WEEKLY – by Vernon Graham – “The cyber attack which halted wool auctions last week and again on Tuesdsay has been described as a “disaster” by leading wool broker and director of Australian Wool Innovation, Don Macdonald.”
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Low flock and demand to support high lamb and sheep prices – ABARES
SHEEP CENTRAL – “SALEYARD lamb prices expected to remain near-record highs because of strong export demand, dry seasonal conditions and low Australian and New Zealand flock numbers, according to ABARES’ latest agricultural commodities report for the 2020 March quarter.”
