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December 6, 2019This week’s wool market review & update
AUSTRALIAN WOOL INNOVATION – Week ending 6 December 2019 (Week 23)
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Aussie sheep farmers leading the world in best animal welfare practices
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Kristen Frost – “Australian sheep producers are facing continued criticism from animal rights groups despite leading the world when it comes to on-farm animal welfare practices says sheep and wool producer, Charles (Chick) Olsson.”
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December 5, 2019The EMI dips below 1500c as wool prices lose ground
STOCK & LAND – by Vernon Graham – The Eastern Market Indicator has plunged through the 1500 cents barrier at the end of two disappointing days of wool sales this week.”
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Tough demand conditions in China holding back the Australian wool market
STOCK & LAND – by Chris Wilcox – “Demand in the Australian wool market has been subdued and uneven in recent months, which has caused soft, although still volatile, wool prices.”
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AWI reviewer to lead new Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “AUSTRALIA’S new Agriculture, Water and Environment Department will be led by Andrew Metcalfe AO – the man who lead last year’s Ernst Young review into Australian Wool Innovation’s performance and governance.”
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Lamb finishing switch on track
STOCK & LAND – by Alastair Dowie – “Achieving a good outcome out of a poor situation was the aim of a change in strategy for Charlie and Jennifer Dean, Langi Kal Kal and Eurambeen near Beaufort, and farm manager Brett Dickson.”
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West Aussies in Dubbo delight
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN – by Bob Garnant – ” WA shearers and wool handlers have shone on the national stage. York wool handler Aroha Garvin and shearer Damien Boyle, of Tambellup, were among the best performances at this year’s Australian National Shearing Championships held last Thursday to Saturday at Dubbo.”
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December 4, 2019New Zealand wool showcased around the globe
SCOOP INDEPENDENT NEWS – “New Zealand wool showcased in planes, offices, shops and homes around the globe .. “
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Ex-patriate Kiwi wool handler to sweep for Australia again
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand – “A NEW Zealander who became Australia’s only world wool handling champion is back in the shirt of her adopted nation for two test matches against New Zealand next year.”
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AuctionsPlus wool sales stall with market drop
SHEEP CENTRAL – “AUCTIONSPLUS wool bale sales stalled last week as Australia’s physical auction market took another backward step.”
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Chris Howie’s southern market wrap – November 2019
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Chris Howie – ” … Wool … I spoke to Brent Squires, Australian Wool Network and gained some insights outside of a normal market report.”
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Weekly rainfall wrap + rain outlook, 4 December 2019
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Bureau of Meteorology – “THUNDERSTORMS developed across northern Australia, generating moderate falls, while a series of cold fronts crossed far south-east Australia.”
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Twittersphere not sheepish after Paul’s mail ram is stolen
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “POLICE have no leads but social media is doing its bit to help New South Wales wool grower Paul Cocking find his missing ram.”
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Author Mark Filmer takes detailed look at 1980s shearing dispute
CENTRAL WESTERN DAILY – by Julia Andrews – “A new book by Orange-based Charles Sturt University researcher Mark Filmer about the 1980s shearers’ wide comb dispute offers a classic case study about attitudes towards technological change.”
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December 3, 2019Stacey Te Huia’s shearing record attempt postponed
NZ HERALD – The Country – “A shearing record bid which was to have been the first of the new summer in New Zealand has been postponed because of worries that the sheep would not meet the required wool weight.”
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December 2, 2019Ewes to $370 at Wycheproof
STOCK & LAND – “Prices for first-cross ewes topped at $370 a head as lamb breeders sought quality ewes at Wycheproof.”
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‘Daggy’ handlers not good image for Merinos at major sheep shows
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Vernon Graham – “Sheep handlers at major Merino shows need to smarten themselves up, according to Malcolm Kater, chairman of Egelabra Merino stud near Warren in western NSW.”
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Merriman era over as Humphries and Henderson voted onto AWI board
BOOROWA NEWS by Vernon Graham – “Wally Merriman has been voted off the board of Australian Wool Innovation…”
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Shearers, wool handlers put their skills to the test at national competition
WESTERN MAGAZINE – by Taylor Jurd – “More than 100 shearers from across the country put their skills to the test when they took part in the National Shearing and Wool Handling Championship.”
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Graham Smith gone as CEO of Sheep Producers Australia
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Vernon Graham – “Sheep Producers Australia is looking for a new chief executive officer with the departure of Graham Smith after 15 months in the role.”
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First cross ewe lamb and Merino ewe prices strong on AuctionsPlus
SHEEP CENTRAL – “SHEEP and lamb prices eased for most categories online last week as the AuctionsPlus offering fell to 117,118 head, a drop of 5770 head.”
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The Yarn Podcast
AUSTRALIAN WOOL INNOVATION – Episode 109
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Aussie machine shearers defeat Kiwis in Dubbo test
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand – “NEW Zealand claimed a 2-1 triumph in the trans-Tasman shearing sports test matches at Dubbo in New South Wales last Friday.”
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Merino underwear Wundies creators get Qld grant boost
SHEEP CENTRAL – “QUEENSLAND woollen garment manufacturer and Wundies creator Merino Country Australia plans to undertake early stage processing in the state with the help of a $209,200 grant.”
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MLA launches accelerated adoption initiative for levy payers
SHEEP CENTRAL – “SHEEP, cattle and goat levy-payers can get a wide range of Meat & Livestock Australia’s products and services delivered directly at no cost under its accelerated adoption initiative.”
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December 1, 2019Wool market drifts down for second week
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Bruce McLeish, Elders northern wool manager – “JUST when people thought they had the wool market cycle worked out we got a second straight week of falls to confound the pattern followers.”
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Two out of three for NZ shearing team in annual trans-Tasman tests
NEWSHUB – by Angie Skerrett – “ew Zealand has claimed a 2-1 triumph in a night of trans-Tasman shearing sports test matches in Australia, however again missed out on the machine-shearing title.”
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November 29, 2019Woolgrowers vote for change
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN – by Bob Garnant – Countryman – “In the face of the wool industry’s triple hit — reduced wool volumes, market volatility and Australian Wool Innovation’s budget woes — the wool body’s levy payers voted for change at its November 22 annual meeting in Sydney.”
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Wool supply-sensitive market drops for second week
SHEEP CENTRAL – “AUSTRALIAN wool growers continued to resist a further slide in auction wool prices this week as buyers react to large bale offering. With brokers offering 37,827 bales in Fremantle, Sydney and Melbourne, 14.2 percent were passed-in unsold, as crossbred and Merino wool prices dropped 10-50 cents.”
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Welfare bodies oppose sheep freeze branding despite strong uptake
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “ANIMAL protection groups are maintaining their opposition to sheep freeze branding as an alternative to surgical mulesing, as growers embrace the process and plans are made to independently research its welfare impacts.”
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Brokers hoping wool market remains up
FARM WEEKLY – by Mal Gill – “TRADING at the Western Wool Centre (WWC) last Thursday may have put the brakes on a price slide as buyers look at the logistics of shipping wool around the Chinese new year.”
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Sheep Producers Australia CEO departs after 15 months
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “SHEEP Producers Australia has announced the departure today of its first chief executive officer, Graham Smith, after he served just 15 months in the position.”
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BOM predicts warmer and drier times ahead
SHEEP CENTRAL – “LARGE parts of Australia are likely to see a continuation of the warmer and drier-than-average conditions experienced throughout spring, according to the Bureau of Meteorology’s 2019/20 Summer Outlook released yesterday.”
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Tasmanian wool tour creates an air of excitement
STOCK & LAND – by Stewart Raine – “Taking a moment to consider a global perspective of their business is not always a high priority in the busy diaries of today’s farmers.”
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November 28, 2019Volatility ‘key ingredient’ in wool price wobble
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN – by Bob Garnant – Countryman – “Volatility has remained the “key ingredient” in Australia’s topsy-turvy wool market, analysts say, after the greasy commodity’s value fell last week.”
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Barcaldine’s Dunraven Station leading way in AWI smart ear tag trial
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Victoria Nugent – “A mob of sheep at Barcaldine’s Dunraven Station has become the first in Queensland to be fitted with smart ear tags in an Australian Wool Innovation and Central Queensland University joint project.”
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November 27, 2019Drought recovery strategy
STOCK & LAND – by Stephen Burns – “Peter and Kaye Moore have not seen a good season for some time, but they know it will rain one day and when it does they wants to be in a position to take advantage of expected good prices for Merino sheep.”
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Three sheep-farming brothers bring Movember to Avenel
SHEEP CENTRAL – “MOVEMBER’S simple message to talk about mental health has already had real benefits for three brothers at Avenel in Victoria and the community around them.”
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Weekly rainfall wrap + rain outlook, 27 November 2019
SHEEP CENTRAL – Bureau of Meteorology – “THUNDERSTORMS brought rainfall to the Kimberley and northern parts of the Northern Territory, while showers and thunderstorms produced light to moderate falls from north-west Queensland to north-eastern and central coastal areas of New South Wales.”
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Online wool bale sales stall as auction prices drop
SHEEP CENTRAL – “ONLINE wool sales stalled last week as prices dropped across Australia’s physical auctions. AuctionsPlus technical operations officer Matt Cotton said volatility continues to be the norm for Australia’s wool auctions.”
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Dubbo set for some trans-Tasman shearing and wool handling sport
SHEEP CENTRAL – “AUSTRALIAN efforts to officially recognise shearing as a sport have been backed by the mayor of New South Wales city Dubbo as it prepares to host the 2019 National Shearing and Wool handling Championships.”
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Grown in Australia, Made in India
INDIAN LINK – “In its most recent foray into India, the Woolmark Company has taken Australian Merino wool to the handlooms of Kullu.”
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Female support critical on the farm
STOCK & LAND – by Stephen Burns – “The partnership combination has long been the mainstay of operating farming businesses in Australia, and through this drought the power of two people working in unison is irresistible.”
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Wellington stock report | This would place Australia’s shown wool production at its lowest level in 95 years.
WELLINGTON TIMES – by Geoff Plasto – ” … Schute Bell report that the losses on the last day of the previous weeks sale carried over to last week with the end result leading to almost all of the previous week’s gains being eroded.”
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November 26, 2019First-cross ewes at Yass reach $356| Photos
THE RURAL – by Stephen Burns – “The yarding of 11,934 first-cross ewes at SELX Yass for the annual spring sale was well attended with prime lamb producers keen to fill their breeding requirements for the coming year.”
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New wool partnership ‘one of the biggest’ in New Zealand history
NEWSHUB (nz) – by Angie Skerrett – “A new partnership between a Canterbury-based wool company and one of the world’s largest apparel and footwear companies is estimated to be worth more than a quarter of a billion dollars.”
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‘Up a bit, down a bit’, wool market drifts 19 cents lower
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Bruce McLeish – “Up a bit, down a bit, the yo-yo of the wool market continues to swing, although thankfully not as wildly as a couple of months ago. “
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Wool market surrenders gains with the EMI falling 19c
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Vernon Graham – “The wool market last week surrendered all the slim gains of the previous week with the Eastern Market Indicator shedding 19 cents to finish at 1555c a kilogram clean.”
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November 25, 2019Blowfly resistance to chemicals is growing warns AWI
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Vernon Graham – “Blowflies are continuing to develop resistance to chemicals used for treating sheep flystrike.”
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AWI to go after wool’s ‘lost audience’, the millennials
FARM ON LINE – by Vernon Graham – “Australian Wool Innovation’s main marketing strategy is now targeted at persuading cashed-up millennials, who have grown up with cheap, throwaway fashions, to buy much more expensive woollen clothes.”
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AWI takes $29m from reserves to ease budget woes
FARM WEEKLY – by Vernon Graham – “Latest official forecasts of another 9.2 per cent cut in the national wool clip has forced Australian Wool Innovation to dig an extra $7.5 million out of its reserves to support this year’s budget.”
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The master and apprentice at wool sale
FARM WEEKLY – by Mal Gill – “THE auction room at the Western Wool Centre (WWC) recently became the classroom for Tianyu Wool’s least experienced wool buyer to learn from its most experienced.”
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New career change excites wool rep
FARM WEEKLY – “SINCE putting down the handpiece and taking up a position with Westcoast Wool & Livestock in the Lower Great Southern and along the South Coast, Jeremy Cullen recognises he has a fantastic opportunity to do what he loves.”
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Wool market unable to maintain positive momentum
TOWN & COUNTRY MAGAZINE – “Season 19 – Week 21 The Australian wool market has been unable to maintain last week’s positive momentum.”
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Light forward wool trading in uncertain market
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Mike Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner – “FORWARD bidding on wool remained consistent last week with a light volume traded at or around cash levels. The wool auction market last week continued to be dominated by uncertainty and reactive to changes in sentiment.”
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AWI election exposes ongoing wool industry divide
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation’s 2019 director election has exposed an ongoing divide within the industry over animal welfare and governance, according to analysts.”
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Composite and crossbred ewes sell well on AuctionsPlus
SHEEP CENTRAL – “COMPOSITE and crossbred ewes continued to sell well in AuctionsPlus sales last week, but Merinos met weaker competition.”
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November 24, 2019Students get a taste of sheep industry
FARM WEEKLY – by Mal Gill – “THE entire coterie of year 11 students at the WA College of Agriculture, Harvey, this year got to inspect diverse aspects of the sheep industry on day trips to Perth last week.”
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Robust Stockman Merino rams sell well
STOCK & LAND – by Marian Macdonald – “*59 of 60 rams sold to $7250, av $2295 Stockman Merino stud manager and classer Kip Gray was exceedingly pleased to have an almost perfect clearance of rams and a top price of $7250, much higher than the $5400 achieved the year before.”
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Retailers flex muscle on mulesing status
FARM WEEKLY – by Mal Gill – “WOOLGROWERS in Western Australia have received the strongest message yet that a long-term future for their industry may depend on finding and general adoption of viable, traceable and socially acceptable alternatives to mulesing.”
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Sustainability is the need of the hour
OUTLOOKINDIA.COM – “New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANSlife) The Woolmark Company has collaborated with the Indian designer label Péro and Bhuttico of Himachal Pradesh in an attempt to narrate the journey of Australian Merino Wool to the handlooms of Kullu. “
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November 23, 2019Merino passion recognised (NZ)
OTAGO DAILY TIMES – by Sally Rae – “A Central Otago farming family recently received recognition for the quality of its merino wool. Business and rural editor Sally Rae visits Matangi Station.”
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November 22, 2019Former AWI chairman Wal Merriman dumped from board after divisive election
ABC NEWS – by Joshua Becker – “The wool industry has shaken up Australian Wool Innovation, with woolgrowers electing two new candidates to the board and dumping former chairman Wal Merriman.”
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AWI board elections: Industry dumps Merriman, votes in new blood
ABC NEWS – NSW Country Hour – by Joshua Becker – “The wool industry has shaken up Australian Wool Innovation, with woolgrowers electing two new candidates to the board and dumping former chairman Wal Merriman.”
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This week’s wool market review & update
AUSTRALIAN WOOL INNOVATION – Week ending 22 November 2019 (Week 21) “The pendulum continued to swing once more this week at the Australian wool auction sales and weaker pricing was the result. The gains of last week were eliminated entirely as values decreased a general 15 to 25ac across all of the wools on offer.”
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Prices decrease at Australian wool auctions this week
FIBRE2FASHION – “The gains of last week were eliminated entirely as values fell 15 to 25ac across all the wools on offer at the Australian wool auction sales this week. The AWEX (Australian Wool Exchange) EMI (Eastern Market indicator) lost 19ac or 1.2 per cent this week to close selling at 1555ac clean/kg. The USD EMI fell 1.2 per cent or 13usc to close at 1057usc clean/kg.”
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Stacey Te Huia’s shearing record bid from the heart
NZ HERALD – THE COUNTRY – “Prolific shearing record breaker Stacey Te Huia arrives back in New Zealand this weekend to start the countdown to a rare merino wethers record bid in Central Otago.”
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Henderson and Humphries on AWI board, Merriman out
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation has gained two new directors in a strong grower move for change that has ousted former chairman Wal Merriman in his first contested election since 2006.”
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Australia’s wool clip forecast to go lower
SHEEP CENTRAL – “FALLING sheep numbers and lower drought-affected wool cuts are forecast to shrink Australia’s clip to 272 million greasy kilograms in 2019/20.”
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Te Huia’s shearing record bid from the heart
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Doug Laing, Shearing Sports New Zealand – “PROLIFIC shearing record breaker Stacey Te Huia arrived back in New Zealand at the weekend to start the countdown to a rare Merino wether record bid in Central Otago.”
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Wool prices fail to maintain positive momentum
SHEEP CENTRAL – “AUSTRALIAN wool auction prices have faltered again, recording losses across the entire Merino range and reversing last week’s 19-cent gain in the benchmark AWEX Eastern Market Indicator.”
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Merriman era over as Humphries and Henderson voted onto AWI board
STOCK & LAND – by Vernon Graham – “Wally Merriman has been voted off the board of Australian Wool Innovation. The former chairman lost his seat at today’s AWI annual general meeting in Sydney, ending a sometimes controversial 15-year stint on the board.”
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November 21, 2019Prepare lambswool to spinners’ satisfaction
STOCK & LAND – by Alister Carr – “With only four wool sales remaining before Christmas we are nearly to the halfway point of our auction selling season 2019/20.”
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Swinging spring temperatures for Victoria
STOCK & LAND – by Jonathan Polck – “November 2019 so far has delivered Victoria some big temperature changes.”
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Anjelica, why are you holding that ‘Jurassic’ Merino ram?
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Vernon Graham – “A new video campaign which features American Oscar-winning actress Anjelica Huston spruiking the virtues of wearing wool is attracting criticisms and questions in Australia.”
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Darn it, wool market takes another downward wobble with EMI losing 16c
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – “Last week’s small gains in the wool market largely evaporated when sales resumed in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle on Wednesday.”
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November 20, 2019Merinos record $1656 season average
FARM WEEKLY – by Jodie Rintoul – “AFTER going to a whole new level last year on the back of record-breaking wool and sheep prices, Merino ram sales across the State this year in general were back on last year.”
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Second best season for ram sales
FARM WEEKLY – by Jodie Rintoul – “AFTER a record breaking year in 2018, ram sales across Western Australia saw a modest correction this year, but there remained plenty of positives for stud breeders to retain optimism for their industry.”
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Innovation flags revenue hit
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN – by Bob Garnant – Countryman – “Australian Wool Innovation is in cost control after its profit was hit by a “perfect storm”, fuelling further staff cuts and a $27.3 million hit to its revenue forecast.”
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AWI set for changes
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN – by Bob Garnant – “Australian Wool Innovation shareholders will be expecting a clear work in progress report from the wool body’s chairwoman Colette Garnsey on the pending Ernst & Young’s recommendations at tomorrow’s AWI annual meeting.”
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Retailers pledge to phased out mulesed wool clothing
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN – by Jenne brammer – Countryman – “Kmart and Target have become the latest retailers pledging to phase out mulesed wool in their fashion ranges, but farmers maintain these moves are counterintuitive to animal welfare and pander to animal activists.”
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Utilising wool to make the world’s best respiratory air filters (NZ)
NEWSTALKZB – “Lanaco CEO Nick Davenport joins Kerre McIvor to discuss his company’s scientific programme on what wool can do.”
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WA wool rollercoaster ride continues
FARM WEEKLY – by Mal Gill – “WOOL prices continued a rollercoaster ride for a third week in a row at the Western Wool Centre (WWC) last week, up one day and down the next.”
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Glenbrook Station: The farm supplying merino wool to the US military
NZ HERALD – The Country – “A focus on building international business relationships along with a homegrown entrepreneurial approach has seen Simon and Kirsty Williamson successfully diversify their farming operation at Glenbrook Station.”
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AWI defends social media support for preferred candidate
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation has shrugged off suggestions its social media support for 2019 director election candidate Michelle Humphries represented inappropriate agri-political activity.”
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Sheep Producers Australia to focus on rebuilding flock
SHEEP CENTRAL – “REVERSING the decline in the nation’s sheep flock is an immediate priority, according to Sheep Producers Australia.”
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Weekly rainfall wrap + rain outlook, 20 November 2019
SHEEP CENTRAL – Bureau of Meteorology – “A SERIES of cold fronts produced moderate to heavy falls in western Tasmania, while thunderstorms produced isolated moderate falls in the northern tropics; also the central to south-east coastline of Queensland.”
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Stronger auction demand flows into online wool sales
SHEEP CENTRAL – “STRONGER auction demand for wool flowed through to the online platform AuctionsPlus last week.”
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Farmers applaud Aussie Farms charity status decision
SHEEP CENTRAL – “FARMERS and the Federal Government have welcomed a decision by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission to revoke the charity status enjoyed by the animal rights organisation Aussie Farms Inc.”
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November 19, 2019Listen to what your customers are saying about mulesing says Loro Piana
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Vernon Graham – “Luxury Italian clothing company, Loro Piana, says it’s looking elsewhere for wool because of Australian Wool Innovation’s lack of progress on finding alternatives to mulesing.”
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A fine win for NZ Merino
RURAL NEWS – by Pam Tipa – “NZ Merino took out the Supreme Award at the 2019 New Zealand International Business Awards”
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National Shearing and Wool Handling Championships in Dubbo
DAILY LIBERAL – by Ryan Young – “Dubbo will again show off its major event hosting credentials when the city soon becomes the shearing and wool handling capital of Australia.”
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Merino industry must end the mulesing ‘pain’ to plan for the future
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Vernon Graham – “OPINION Mulesing has saved hundreds of millions of sheep since its introduction in the 1930s, but the practice is literally tearing the industry apart.”
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Aussie Farms loses charity status
STOCK & LAND – by Marian Macdonald – “Animal activism group Aussie Farms, which published the addresses of farms across the country on an online map, has lost its charity status.”
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November 18, 2019Joe O’Reilly to retire leaving a grand legacy
STOCK & LAND – by Alastair Dowie – “Joe O’Reilly, the “mister fix it” and “top dog” at the northern Victorian-based agency BR & C has attended his final store sheep sale before retiring on December 23.”
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Corryong sheep producer acts swiftly on Johnes outbreak
STOCK & LAND – by Alastair Dowie – “A devastating diagnosis of Ovine Johnes in his flock has seen Stephen Hill, Corryong, move quickly to address the issue.”
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Retain those containment areas say leading sheep consultants
STOCK & LAND – by Vernon Graham – “Containment areas should be “compulsory” on every sheep grazing property says leading Riverina sheep consultant and classer, Craig Wilson.”
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Hay woolgrower to take seat on board of WoolProducers
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Vernon Graham – “Riverina wool producer, Stacey Lugsdin, has been appointed a new independent director of peak national body, Wool Producers Australia.”
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Merino fleece sees solid gains of 40-50 cents
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Bruce McLeish – “The wool market in Australia opened on Wednesday last week with the enthusiasm everyone had expected and prices rose accordingly, with just about every sale lot finding a new home.”
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WoolProducers retains leaders and elects new director
SHEEP CENTRAL – “AUSTRALIA’S peak wool grower body WoolProducers Australia has retained its leadership and elected a new board member.”
