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

Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that shorn wool production will lift by 2.2% to 332 mkg greasy in 2016/17. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that shorn wool production will lift by 2.2% to 332 mkg...

Wool production unchanged in 2016/17

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee predicts that shorn wool production in 2016/17 will be at 325 mkg greasy, the same level as its revised estimate for the 2015/16 season. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee predicts...

Key Test Data Summary for August 2016

The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for August 2016 compared with the same period last season are: 11.4%, 13.0% and 13.6% respectively. There were 2 addtional working days during August 2016 in comparison with the same month last...

Australian Wool Production Higher

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that Australian shorn wool production in 2016/17 will reach 339 mkg greasy. This 4.3% increase from 2015/16 is largely the result of excellent seasonal conditions in many areas resulting in...

Key Test Data Summary for December 2016

The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for December 2016 compared with the same period last season are: -1.1%, +0.3% and +1.0% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2016 – December 2016...

Key Test Data Summary for November 2016

The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for November 2016 compared with the same period last season are: +23.0%, +21.5% and +21.8% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2016 – November 2016...

Key Test Data Summary for October 2016

The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for October 2016 compared with the same period last season are: -12.5%, -13.0% and -12.1% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2016 – October 2016...

Key Test Data Summary for September 2016

The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for September 2016 compared with the same period last season are: -8.5%, -5.1% and -4.2% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2016 – September 2016...

Grand Final Public Holiday 2016 - Victoria

The Victorian State Government has declared that Friday 30 September 2016 will be a public holiday in Victoria. Clients should note that the AWTA Melbourne Laboratory will be closed on this day. This Public Holiday will affect clients selling wool in...

2016 Agricultural Census

The 2016 Agricultural Census is now on, and the due date for completion is 07 July 2016. Every five years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics measures the pulse of Australia’s agriculture industry, and it’s happening right now. The Agricultural Census...

Key Test Data Summary for June 2016

The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for June 2016 compared with the same period last season are -25.9%, -22.1% and -21.4% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2015 – June 2016 compared...

Key Test Data Summary for May 2016

The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for May 2016 compared with the same period last season are -13.6%, -13.5% and -13.3% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2015 – May 2016 compared...

Key Test Data Summary for April 2016

The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for April 2016 compared with the same period last season are -1.7%, -2.3% and -1.7% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2015 – April 2016 compared...

Key Test Data Summary for March 2016

The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for March 2016 compared with the same period last season are -4.7%, -6.1% and -5.7% respectively. Readers should take into consideration the fact that the Easter sale recess fell in March this...

NCWSBA Wool Broker Award 2016 Launched

The 2016 NCWSBA Wool Broker Award to recognise excellence in service to woolgrowers has just been launched. In its fifth year, the annual Award recognises client servicing, auctioneering and/or innovation by an outstanding wool broker employee who is...

Key Test Data Summary for February 2016

The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for February 2016 compared with the same period last season are -0.4%, +0.2% and +0.8% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2015 – February 2016...

Key Test Data Summary for January 2016

The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for January 2016 compared with the same period last season are -5.2%, -8.9% and -9.4% respectively. The progressive comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2015 – January 2016...

Australian wool production to lift a little in 2017/18

Forecasting Committee forecasts that shorn wool production will lift in 2017/18 to 345 mkg greasy, up by 1.4% compared with 2016/17. The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that shorn wool production will lift in 2017/18 to 345...

Lachlan Sutton, Wool Broker of the Year 2016

Lachlan Sutton was declared Wool Broker of the Year for 2016 at the Wool Week Dinner held in Melbourne last week. HIS innovative approach to marketing at a local and national level nabbed Elders’ Lachlan Sutton the National Council of Wool Selling...

Key Test Data Summary for July 2016

The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight for July 2016 compared with the same period last season are -12.7%, -10.2% and -9.1% respectively. AWTA Ltd has tested 15.5 mkg (million kilograms) this season compared with 17.0 mkg for the...

Seasonal conditions hold back wool production

that Australian shorn wool production in 2017/18 will reach 338 mkg greasy. This is a 0.6% decline from the levels in 2016/17 and is largely the result of more difficult seasonal conditions in many of the major wool growing areas. This has resulted in...

Melbourne Laboratory Closed - Melbourne Cup Public Holiday 2016

The AWTA Raw Wool Melbourne Laboratory will be closed for business on Tuesday, 1 November 2016 for the Melbourne Cup Public Holiday. As this is a metropolitan Melbourne public holiday, all other AWTA Raw Wool laboratories and regional operations will...

Australian Sheep & Wool Show 15 - 17 July 2016

The Australian Sheep & Wool Show will be held in Bendigo, Victoria later this month. The Australian Sheep & Wool Show is the largest show of its type in the world. More than 2700 sheep including 25+ breeds are joined by 30,000+ show attendees including...

AWTA Ltd Testing Fees 2016-2017

General wool testing fees have increased by 1.5% for the 2016/17 wool selling season, effective from 1st July 2016. The total cost for testing a typical 7 bale lot, including a Staple Length & Strength test, will increase by $1.10 from $71.27 to...

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NCWSBA Wool Broker Award 2016 Launched

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

that Australian shorn wool production in 2017/18 was 341 mkg greasy. This is 0.3% higher than the estimated level for 2016/17 and higher than the Committee’s forecast in April. It reflects an increase in the number of sheep shorn (+3.3%) last season...