Landmark’s Candice Cordy has taken out the 2018 Wool Broker of the Year title.
The Bendigo wool account manager’s prestigious win was announced at the Australian Wool Industries Secretariat’s Wool Week gala in Melbourne.
Read more: Candice Cordy wins the 2018 Wool Broker of the Year
The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee has updated its forecast for the 2018/19 season to 322 mkg greasy. This is a 5.7% decline on the Committee’s shorn wool production estimate of 341 mkg greasy for the 2017/18 season. The fall reflects an expected reduction in both the number of sheep shorn and average wool cuts per head as a result of the dry seasonal conditions across most of the country.
Read more: Australian wool production forecast to fall in 2018/19 due to tough season
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2018 compared with the same period last season are:
+3.2%, -3.2% and -0.3% respectively.
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for August 2018 compared with the same period last season are:
-0.5%, -6.7% and -7.0% respectively.
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for June 2018 compared with the same period last season are:
+0.7%, -6.8% and -7.4% respectively.