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9月 30, 2020Online auction proves no barrier at Rock-Bank
STOCK & LAND – by Andrew Miller – “* 45 of 48 rams sold to $9200, av $2544. A Rock-Bank Merino is […]
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9月 29, 2020Has the wool market finally hit its bottom?
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Joely Mitchell – “The upwards trend of the wool market in the last three […]
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Kolindale ram sale hits $6000 top twice
FARM WEEKLY – by Jodie Rintoul – “IT was another big day for the Ledwith family’s Kolindale stud […]
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Buyers take advantage of online bidding at Hynam
STOCK & LAND – by Andrew Miller – “*32 of 50 rams sold to $1800 (twice), av $1216. Hynam Poll Mer […]
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Buyers bid to $1300 twice at Aylesbury
FARM WEEKLY – by Jodie Rintoul – “THE Last family’s Aylesbury stud Merino and Poll Merino stud, […]
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Well known fashion brands invest in Australian Merino wool
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Kristen Frost – “As the world begins to emerge from the darkness of the […]
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Showing strength in value-for-money
STOCK & LAND – by Chris Wilcox, National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia executive director R […]
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9月 28, 2020Merino wool growers – it’s time to prepare for the recovery
SHEEP CENTRAL – “NOW is the time for Merino producers to prepare for the industry’s recovery and produce she […]
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Wool market puts on 99c
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Bruce McLeish, Elders Queensland wool manager – “THE wool market in Austr […]
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9月 25, 2020Online wool sales boom as demand returns to market
SHEEP CENTRAL – “ONLINE wool sales boomed this week with the AuctionsPlus offer board selling 1468 bales up […]
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Forward wool market bids spring into life with auctions
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Simon Hood, Southern Aurora Markets – “BIDS on the forward wool market sprang back […]
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Australian wool prices rebound at auctions
SHEEP CENTRAL – “AUSTRALIAN wool prices have posted their biggest weekly gains since September last year, dr […]
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Search on for NSW growers mulesing sheep without pain relief
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “NEW South Wales wool growers who mules sheep without pain relief are b […]
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9月 20, 2020Donald Dinnie world record ram
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Stephen Burns – “The walls of the office on the Millear family property E […]
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9月 18, 2020Combined sale tops $4200 and $4700
FARM WEEKLY – by Wendy Gould – “IT was a day of firsts when the Lewisdale-Corrigin and Eastville studs […]
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Kamballie ram sale tops at $11,250
FARM WEELY – by Kane Chatfield – “THE Mackin family’s Kamballie stud capped off what has been an […]
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Grower plan to end WoolQ online platform investment
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “AUSTRALIAN wool growers will be petitioned to support the abandonment […]
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Online wool conference to connect growers with retail
SHEEP CENTRAL – “INTERNATIONAL wool processing group Schneider will hold a world-first online conference in […]
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Australian wool prices continue to rise after weekly auction lift
SHEEP CENTRAL – “WOOL trading continued at higher price levels in Australia later this week after a solid ri […]
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9月 17, 2020Australian wool market makes positive traction, bumping up by 47 cents
STOCK & LAND – by Kristen Frost – “The Australian wool market made some welcome positive traction […]
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Twice the quality and half the price – WQ woolgrowers prepared for pain
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Sally Gall – “It’s been an impressive sight coming out of Queenslan […]
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9月 16, 2020Stockpile to grow as wool prices fall to 12 year lows
SHEEP CENTRAL – “COVID-19 disruptions have triggered a significant reduction in wool, sheep and lamb price f […]
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Promote non-mulesed wool as a product – NewMerino
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “NON-MULESED Merino wool promotion linking supply with provenance would […]
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Shearing industry forced to defend its use of New Zealand workers
STOCK & LAND – by Joely Mitchell – “The Australian Workers’ Union says the federal governme […]
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9月 15, 2020Hannaton Merinos sell more rams, better average
STOCK & LAND – by Alastair Dowie – “*101 of 106 rams sold to $4500 (three times), av $2337 The Hi […]
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Training to get fibre fit
STOCK & LAND – Fox & Lillie Rural – “Australian wool industry stakeholders have noted an inc […]
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Australian Fleece Competition calls for entries
FARM ON LINE – by Joely Mitchell – “Wool growers are being encouraged to put fleeces aside after this […]
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9月 14, 2020Cardiff on-property sale reaches $6600
FARM WEEKLY – by Kane Chatfield – “THE Davies family notched up a solid result at its annual Cardiff M […]
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Lewisdale anniversary sale tops $21,000
FARM WEEKLY – by Kane Chatfield – “LEWISDALE celebrated the 70th anniversary of the stud with an empha […]
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Changing fabric of global demand feeds into market turbulence
FARM WEEKLY – by Bruce McLeish, Elders Wool – “The mood in wool sale rooms across Australia was much b […]
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Rams hot property as producers make moves to rebuild flocks
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Kristen Frost – “As the spring ram selling season gathers momentum, all […]
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Most Merino ewe prices increase in larger AuctionsPlus offering
SHEEP CENTRAL – “MOST Merino ewe categories posted price increases in a larger AuctionsPlus offering last we […]
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Stronger demand for Auctionsplus wool offering
SHEEP CENTRAL – “STRONG demand at wool auctions last week spilled over to the online AuctionsPlus offer boar […]
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Add value, promote and refocus AWI, says wool brand owner
SHEEP CENTRAL – “MELBOURNE-BASED Merino mens apparel brand chief executive John Kellett has an eight-point a […]
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9月 9, 2020Wool boss declares ‘every single’ area of spending under review following massive revenue hit
ABC NEWS – WA Country Hour – by Daniel Mercer and Jessica Hayes – “Australia’s peak wool p […]
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Demand for Merino wool drops 40 per cent (NZ)
NZ HERALD – THE COUNTRY – by Maja Burry of RNZ – “Demand for Merino wool has taken a hit, with f […]
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How wool growers are dealing with plummeting prices
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Joely Mitchell – “As wool prices continue to plummet, growers have been […]
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Caution urged around wool stockpile estimates
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “Landline presenter Kerry Lonergan tweeted that Australia’s wool bale s […]
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8月 31, 2020Wool exporter ‘severely’ affected by COVID-19
STOCK & LAND – by Taylor Padfield – “International wool trader Australian Merino Export has suffe […]
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Ignition needed to spark wool demand
FARM WEEKLY – by Bruce McLeish, Elders – “It was another fairly lacklustre affair at Australia’s […]
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New Zealand strong wool producers form new group
SHEEP CENTRAL – “NEW Zealand strong wool producers have united in a new group to renew a focus on stimulatin […]
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Wool and sheep meat industries should diversify market reach
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “AUSTRALIA’S levy-funded wool and sheep meat marketing bodies should es […]
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Coromandel and St Quentin win PRO event
FARM WEEKLY – by Jessica Whyte – “ATTRACTING a crowd was this year’s Elanco PROram and PROewe co […]
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8月 30, 2020NAB predicts $10/kg wool to stay this year
COUNTRYMAN – by Cally Dupe – “Australian wool prices are pegged to hover about $10/kg this year before […]
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Small sale fails to ignite wool market
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Bruce McLeish, Elders Queensland wool manager – “IT was another fairly la […]
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Local woollen mills push for more recognition
FARM WEEKLY – by Joely Mitchell – “With the majority of wool grown in Australia processed overseas, a […]
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Eastville Park reigns supreme
FARM WEEKLY – by Jodie Rintoul – “THIS year will not only go down in history as the year the COVID-19 […]
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8月 29, 2020LATEST WOOL TRADING NEWS – AUGUST 2020
WOOLNEWS.NET – “NZ Cavalier to ditch synthetics… Australian shorn wool production stabilises …. […]
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8月 28, 2020Wool report: Can social media save the wool market? (NZ)
THE COUNTRY – Listen – Content PGG Wrightson – “This week The Country’s Rowena Duncum is j […]
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Wool prices keep falling despite western market hiatus
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Joely Mitchell – “There was a significantly reduced offering of wool th […]
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Price depreciation slows at Australian wool auctions
FIBRE2FASHION – “The depreciation of price slowed down at the Australian wool auctions this week assisted by […]
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8月 27, 2020Are sheep getting too big for shearers?
FARMONLINE – by Joely Mitchell – “There is a growing chorus coming from the Australian shearing indust […]
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Preference for dual-purpose traits
FARM WEEKLY – by Jodie Rintoul – “WHEN growing up Jamie Anderson never imagined he would be running a […]
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Fine Merino and oddment wool prices lift, but indicator drops
SHEEP CENTRAL – “FINE wool prices lifted in Melbourne and to a lesser extent in Sydney this week, but the ma […]
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Training hubs to boost shearing industry
FARM WEEKLY – by Mal Gill – “NEW novice shearing hub camps this month and next will turn out another 2 […]
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8月 26, 2020Time to rebuild the flock at Hyden
FARM WEEKLY – by Jessica Whyte – “AFTER time away from the family farm Hyden brothers Josh and Tim Whi […]
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Robust rams at Oak Farms
PORT LINCOLN TIMES – “Nick and Jussy Lienert of Oak Farms Merino and Poll Merino Stud of Buckleboo presented […]
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Sheep industry and RDCs fail to meet reproduction rate target
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “AUSTRALIA’S sheep and wool industry and levy-funded bodies have failed […]
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AWI directors should take a pay cut for growers – Olsson
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “DECLINING grower levy proceeds to Australian Wool Innovation from fall […]
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8月 25, 2020Trade players continue to be unsettled, hesitant and cautious
STOCK & LAND – by Alister Carr, Karee Wool – “Magnificent August rains continue to deliver near-p […]
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8月 24, 2020Wool part of great adventures
FARM WEEKLY – by Tamara Hooper – “CONTINUALLY looking for the best ways to promote Australian Merino w […]
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Kedleston Park top at $5500, av $2338
STOCK & LAND – by Alastair Dowie – “*45 of 50 rams sold to $5500, av $2339 Buyers from across Vic […]
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Wool market turns ugly on currency
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Bruce McLeish, Elders Queensland wool manager – “A DEGREE of ugliness ret […]
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8月 23, 2020‘Wool Air’: Mercy dash for Kiwi shearers on the cards to help clip Australia’s flock
THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD – by Rob Harris – “A mercy dash across the Tasman is being considered by the […]
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Making garments of integrity
FARM WEEKLY – by Wendy Gould – “FARM Weekly’s WENDY GOULD first interviewed Matt Jensen, founder […]
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Australian farmers, Chinese consumers and the political and trade tensions in between
ABC NEWS – ABC RURAL – by national rural reporter Kath Sullivan – “With a little more rain in th […]
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8月 21, 2020Wool prices retreat again as EMI hits lowest point in eight years
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Kristen Frost – “The Australian wool market has taken another hit this we […]
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Pink Shearing for Liz day is back on
FARM WEEKLY – by Kane Chatfield – “The Davies family, Cardiff Merino and Poll Merino stud, Yorkrakine […]
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Tough auction week carries into wool forward market
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner – “THE tough week for auction sales […]
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WA wool growers still confident of industry’s future
SHEEP CENTRAL – “WESTERN Australian farmers remain optimistic about the long-term strength of the wool indus […]
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Shearing contractors and growers warned on COVID-19 risks
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “COVID-19 transmission into and through Victoria’s meat processing sect […]
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8月 20, 2020e-Bale technology making progress
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Kristen Frost – “At a time when the digital transfer of information has n […]
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8月 18, 2020Wool retailers adapt to COVID-19 challenges
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Joely Mitchell – “Australian wool clothing retailers are adapting to th […]
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Wool buyers taking no risks in tight wool market
STOCK & LAND – by Kristen Frost – “Off the back of the recent drought, stumbling prices and high […]
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Melbourne open-cry wool auctions allowed to proceed
THE LAND – by Joely Mitchell – “The Victorian government has announced that open-cry auctions at the M […]
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Recent wool slump unique to normal market cycles
FARM ON LINE – by Kristen Frost – “The Australian wool market has a history of moving in cycles – […]
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8月 17, 2020Hopes wool market can hold for coming month
FARM ON LINE – by Bruce McLeish, Elders – “The Australian wool market found a base last week and firme […]
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8月 15, 2020Recent rain helps stabilise wool production levels
FARM WEEKLY – “Much needed rain throughout the eastern states of Australia in recent months has contributed […]
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8月 14, 2020Australia’s wool industry will benefit from China’s rise in consumer confidence
FARM ON LINE – by Kristen Frost – “Could China’s dominance of Australia’s wool industry be […]
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Shearing shortfall 350 staff
COUNTRYMAN – by Bob Garnant – “WA faces a potential shortage of up to 350 wool shed staff, including 1 […]
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Australian wool growers meet the market as fleece prices lift
SHEEP CENTRAL – “MORE Australian wool growers met the market this week as Merino and crossbred fleece prices […]
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Melbourne wool auctions told to go ‘remote’ in COVID-19 lockdown
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “MELBOURNE’S wool auctions have been ordered out of the Brooklyn sellin […]
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Wool production estimate for 2020-21 lifted slightly
SHEEP CENTRAL – “AUSTRALIA’S shorn wool production dropped by more than 5 percent in 2019-20, but the rate o […]
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Australia’s wool industry needs to market innovative products
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “CREATING and marketing innovative woollen products is the way forward […]
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Pandemic prompts sheep and cattle sales to move online
ABC – AM with Sabra Lane, Linda Mottram – by Bridget Fitzgerald – “There has been a spike in liv […]
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Rain & wool the order of Long Wool Day
COUNTRYMAN – by Bob Garnant – “Those attending Narrogin’s Long Wool Day on Friday, August 14 were all […]
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8月 13, 2020Covid-19 restrictions force open-cry wool auctions to temporarily cease
FARM ON LINE – by Kristen Frost – “Open-cry wool auctions have been temporarily ceased at Melbourne du […]
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$60,000 for wool handling schools in Glen Innes
GLEN INNES EXAMINER – by Hannah Frost – “Glen Innes wool handling schools have received a $60,000 Stat […]
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Shearing shed upgrade is worker and animal friendly
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Joely Mitchell – “A NSW wool grower has built a new state of the art sh […]
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Prices up for 80% of wool on offer at Australian auctions
FIBRE2FASHION – “The Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) showed a market in retraction by dropping 2ac to 1004ac […]
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Wool growers told to improve quality of shearing sheds
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Joely Mitchell – “Wool growers with inadequate shearing shed facilities […]
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8月 12, 2020Wool off-cuts used to ship food and pharmaceuticals
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Joely Mitchell – “Wool is able to moderate the temperature of sheep in […]
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Demand for data drives Western Australian Sheep Notes online
SHEEP CENTRAL – “DATA-DRIVEN decision-making in the Western Australian sheep industry has been given a boost […]
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NSW wool producers reject proposed mulesing ban in 2022
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Terry Sim – “NEW South Wale’s wool industry was not ready or willing for mulesing t […]
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8月 10, 2020Overweight bales enormous cost to wool industry
NORTH QUEENSLAND REGISTER – by Kristen Frost – Overweight bales sent to warehouses before entering the marke […]
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Growers call for a government representative to sit on AWI board
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Joely Mitchell – “A wool industry group is calling on the federal governm […]
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New season: Wool’s ‘annus horribulus’ continues
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE – by Bruce McLeish, Elders Queensland wool manager – “THE wool market’s […]
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8月 7, 2020This week’s wool market review & update
AUSTRALIAN WOOL INNOVATION – Week ending 7 August 2020 (Week 6)
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Tough start for wool auction and forward trading markets
SHEEP CENTRAL – by Michael Avery, Southern Aurora Markets partner – “IT was another tough August start […]
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8月 6, 2020Wool market down 40 per cent on last year and stockpile growing
ABC NEWS – ABC Rural – by Cara Jeffery, Josh Becker, Nikolai Beilharz and Jessica Hayes – “The A […]
