Australian wool production to ease in 2015/16

a 3.7% fall in shorn sheep numbers, a result of the continued high turn-off of sheep and lambs in 2014/15, while average fleece weights are expected to be 0.7% lower than in 2014/15. The Committee estimated that shorn wool production for 2014/15 was 347...

Sampling Variation Over A Fleece

Fleece Measurement Request 2018-19

Fleece Measurement Terms 2018

Fleece Measurement Terms 2017

Fleece Measurement

Fact Sheet - Fleece Measurement

Dark & Medullated Fibre Contamination in Merino Fleece from Damara Crossbred Lambs; Top & Noil Products

Prediction of Wool Preparation Category for Classed Fleece Lines using a Uniformity Index

Assessing the Variability of Classed Fleece Lines Using a Uniformity Index

The Relationship between New Zealand Merino Fleece Measurement Produced at NZPAC Ltd & their Corresponding Core Test Results

Relationship between New Zealand Merino Fleece Measurement Produced at NZPAC Ltd & their Corresponding Core Test Results

Seasonal conditions hold back wool production

the result of more difficult seasonal conditions in many of the major wool growing areas. This has resulted in lower fleece weights. It comes despite the strong wool market conditions which are encouraging producers to retain sheep. The Australian Wool...

Wool donation to warm treasures

to helping families of sick and premature babies. The contribution was made on behalf of the Australian Sheep & Wool Show Fleece Competition and is the largest donation made in a single year in the history of the competition. Exhibitors donated two...

Australian Wool Production Forecast Update – April 2013

2011/12. The increase is due to an expected 3.3% rise in the number of sheep shorn, partly offset by 1.1% fall in average fleece weight. The Committee’s first projection for 2013/14 has been set at 345 mkgs, down 1.4% from 2012/13, as a result of an...

Australian Sheep and Wool Show 16-18 July 2021

Showgrounds in Bendigo, Victoria from 16th to 18th July 2021. One of the features of the show is the annual Australian Fleece Competition which usually attracts 500 fleece entries from all across Australia. This event represents an opportunity for...

Australian wool production forecast to fall in 2018/19 due to tough season

of sheep shorn (+3.3%) last season compared to 2016/17, which is mostly offset by an estimated 2.9% decline in average fleece weights. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee has updated its forecast for the 2018/19 season to 322 mkg...

Australian wool production to lift a little in 2017/18

Wales and Queensland has benefited from the good seasonal conditions seen for at least part of 2016/17, resulting in good fleece weights to date. Fleece weights could pull back as the season progresses. "Other regions have seen excellent conditions,...

Australian Wool Production Higher

This 4.3% increase from 2015/16 is largely the result of excellent seasonal conditions in many areas resulting in higher fleece weights. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that Australian shorn wool production in 2016/17 will...

Decline in Australian wool production in 2015/16 greater than expected

decline by 7.0% to 322 mkg. This reflects a combination of a 4.8% fall in shorn sheep numbers and a 2.3% drop in average fleece weights. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that shorn wool production for 2015/16 will decline...

Charity Auction raises funds for Make-A-Wish foundation

Over 400 fleeces that were entered into this year’s Australian Fleece Competition in Bendigo in July 2014 have been sold at a charity Auction, raising almost $8,000 for the Make-A-Wish foundation. The fleeces were all donated by wool growers and sold...

Fee Reduction for the Length and Strength Testing of Mid-Side Samples

for testing mid-side samples from individual sheep from $10:51 to $7 (inc GST). The reduction in the fee for the Mid-Side (Fleece Measurement) Staple Length & Strength tests follows a reduction in the number of individual staples measured for each test....

Equipment Manufacturing

determining Staple Length & Strength. Manufactures of Raw Wool testing equipment: Wool ComfortMeter NextGen Laserscan ATLAS Fleece Measurement Scour AWTA has a number of machines available for sale on a built to order basis. Occasionally a limited...

Australian wool production falls as dry conditions continue

is 272 mkg greasy. This is a 9.2% decline on 2018/19 that is attributable to lower sheep shorn numbers and lighter average fleece weights due to continuing dry conditions in key wool growing regions. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting...

Excellent seasonal conditions push Australian wool production higher in 2016/17

New South Wales and in Tasmania, have experienced a rather tough winter after seeing very dry conditions up until May, so fleece weights are only now starting to improve. The full benefit of the improved seasons is expected to be seen during autumn...

Wool production remains down in 2015/16

in 2015/16 to 322 mkg. This reflects a combination of both fewer sheep shorn than in 2014/15 and a decline in average fleece weights due to seasonal conditions. The Committee’s first forecast for 2016/17 is for shorn wool production to be 320 mkg...

Australian wool production unchanged in 2014/15 and predicted to ease in 2015/16

at 341 mkg, the same as the 2013/14 level. This reflects a small drop in shorn sheep numbers offset by higher average fleece weights. The Committee’s first projection for 2015/16 has been set at 332 mkg, down by 2.7% from 2014/15, a result of lower...

Australian Wool Production Forecast December 2014

in production is now anticipated to be slightly less than the decline previously forecast in August. Nationally, average fleece weights are expected to increase (+2.9%) due to better than expected fleece weights in some parts of NSW, Victoria and South...

Australian wool production to ease in 2014/15

This decrease reflects the reduction in sheep numbers due to the high slaughter rates in 2013/14 even though average fleece weights are expected to increase marginally. Committee Chairman, Russell Pattinson commented that "the fall in shorn wool...

Australian wool production expected to ease slightly in 2013/14

forecast decline reflects expected decrease in sheep numbers due to increased sheep turn-off, and a reduction in average fleece weights due to seasonal conditions. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee (AWPFC) has forecast Australian wool...

Auction Benefits BlazeAid

More than 140 Victorian wool producers did their part for the rural communities last week, as the annual Australian Fleece competition charity lots went under the hammer. And with the proceeds this year going to flood and fire disaster assistance...

Precision of OFDA2000 & Fleecescan for Estimating the Diameter Characteristics of Fleeces - A Case Study

Fees

by $2.55 from $79.90 to $82.45. A revised fees list was issued on 1 January 2025 folling a reduction in the fee for Fleece Measurment (mid-side) Length & Strength testing from $9:55 to $6:36. AWTA Raw Wool Testing Fees 2024-25 (effective 01 Jan 2025)...

Raw Wool Laboratory Equipment

(IWTO). AWTA Ltd employes the IWTO-12 Laserscan fibre diameter analyser method for fibre diameter certification and fleece measurement services. In 1972, CSIRO initiated the development of the first Laserscan, establishing the foundation and obtaining...

About AWTA Raw Wool

Control and a dedicated Research and Development team. Specialised Wool Testing: Yield & micron Staple length & strength Fleece measurement Pesticides Wool certification services Proudly serving the Wool Industry since 1957 with Objective Measurement...

Amended Terms & Conditions

and updated its Terms & Conditions for various raw wool testing services. The updated documents for Raw Wool Testing, Fleece Testing and Pesticide Residue Testing can be viewed here. The amended Terms and Conditions are effective from 9th November 2023....

Terms and Conditions

notice and/or amendment will constitute acceptance of the variation. Documents available for download: Raw Wool - Terms Fleece Measurement - Terms Pesticide - Terms

Australian shorn wool production forecast of 340 Mkg greasy for 2022/23

regions has produced abundant pasture feed contributing to a further rebuilding in the Australian sheep flock and high fleece weights. Australian flock numbers are forecast to increase by 4.6% year on year, with the number of sheep shorn rising to 74.9...

Shorn wool production increases as the run of good seasons continue

More than 70% of producers who participated in the June 2022 AWI/MLA Wool and Sheepmeat survey expected their 2022/23 fleece weights to be the same as 2021/22. The Committee estimates shorn wool production for the 2021/22 season at324 Mkg greasy, a...

Pesticide Residues

method DTM59-04. We are also looking at developing methods for detrermining residual pestcide levels in individual fleece samples. The major chemical groups screened include Organophosphates, Organochlorines, Synthetic Pyrethroids and specific Insect...

Candice Cordy wins the 2018 Wool Broker of the Year

of her advice and support. “On top of that, Candice contributed at an industry-wide level, managing the world’s largest fleece competition at the Australian Sheep & Wool Show in Bendigo, in a very cool, calm and collected manner,” Ms Cleeland said. She...

Services

other ancilliary services such as the analysis of checmical residues, dark and meduallted fibre contaimination tests and fleece measurements. Our Raw Wool operations consist of testing laboratories in Melbourne and Fremantle along with the regional...

Wool to Benefit BlazeAid Charity

BlazeAid has been chosen as this year's Australian Sheep and Wool Show fleece competition charity. The volunteer organisation works with farmers and families in rural Australia to rebuild livestock fences that have been destroyed by natural disasters...