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ISSUE 95 / June 2023
Harvesting a quality wool clip
Articles in this edition include: Biological wool harvesting – research update; AWI-funded shearer and wool handler training courses; Educating the wool industry’s next generation; Sportscraft’s new land-to-garment wool campaign; China opening up again for wool after COVID; Putting our fibre into the fight against MND; Market intelligence report: wool production and wool prices; Market insights: wool fit for a king, plus high-end markets... and much more.
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ON-FARM
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Biological harvesting update
AWI is funding promising research into a new opportunity for biological harvesting of wool that generates a weakened zone at the base of the wool fibre but, importantly, enables the fleece to stay on the sheep without a net until the wool can be removed.
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OFF-FARM
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China business opening up again after COVID
After three years of strict COVID pandemic control, the economic prospects for wool in China are looking up. Wool processing capacity has expanded, consumer spending on wool is forecast to increase, and face-to-face business meetings are happening once again.
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Modular sheep delivery units prove their value
One of Australia’s largest woolgrowers, Ian Shippen of Banyandah Pastoral Co in the Riverina of NSW, was thankful to use seven AWI modular sheep delivery units late last year when flooding stranded many thousands of his sheep.
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OFF-FARM
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Traceable wool from the family farm
Woolgrower Jonathan Byerlee of Wyndhurst Estate on the eastern side of the Flinders Ranges also runs a knitwear brand that uses Merino wool that is fully traceable all the way from his family’s historic farm through to the final knitted products.
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