central West of NSW have devastated dozens of farming properties with an estimated 54,000 hectares burnt. There have been stock losses in these areas but, amazingly, some good news is coming through of stock that has been saved. Many properties have...
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A comparison of the Australian wool clip fibre diameter profile for the season-to-date (July 2014 – May 2015) with the equivalent period last season shows some interesting changes. The volume of ultrafine wool 16.5 microns and finer has fallen by 19%...
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...
been introduced which expands upon the Mulesing information displayed on AWTA Combined Certificates. It has been introduced to assist companies along the wool supply chain by summarising the mulesing status of components of a consignment whilst allowing...
The Australian Fleece Competition, now in its 14th year, allocates the majority of points using objective test results to calculate the potential processing performance of each fleece. Over 30 entries were received in a new Performance class for wool...