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Cut costs by 40c/kg and sell 20mt more wool: AWI vision
10:14 AM AEST | Australian Wool Innovation has today released a strategic plan for the next three years, vowing to increase demand for Australian Merino, cut the cost of production and find alternatives to mulesing within two years.  | WoolProducers back the AWI board | Wool industry mourns passing of ...
Aust wool market 0.9pc higher
10/10/2008 | The Australian wool market finished 0.9pc higher, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week.
Candidates list is in for wool elections
9/10/2008 | Nominations have closed for the upcoming Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) board elections, with the list of candidates released today.  | CommentsComments (3) | Mulesing silver bullet tested ... | Average farmer saves $3000 from ...
8/10/2008 | WoolProducers has urged growers to support the present board of Australian Wool Innovation by directing proxy votes to chairman Brian van Rooyen.  | CommentsComments (6) | NFF to hold its first National ... | Rams to $39,000 at Classings ...
3/10/2008 | The Australian wool industry is in mourning following the death this week of Michael Lempriere, former chairman of wool trading company Lempriere Pty Ltd, and former president of the IWTO.  | Wool production to fall further ... | Half of all '08 lambs will not ...
Wool market holds its ground
3/10/2008 | The wool market has held its ground despite the week of global financial turmoil that has impacted on the value of the Australian dollar, with the eastern market indicator closing just one cent down at 858c/kg.  | Mulesing silver bullet tested ... | Wool production to fall further ...
Tri-Solfen maker runs for AWI place
1/10/2008 | Sydney paediatrician, scientist and wool grower Meredith Sheil, the inventor of the Tri-Solfen mulesing anaesthetic, has thrown her hat into the ring for November's AWI board elections.  | CommentsComments (17) | Half of all '08 lambs will not ... | Wool production to fall further ...
Mulesing silver bullet tested on dead sheep: AWGA
30/09/2008 | The Australian Wool Growers Association claims AWI's so-called "silver bullet" mulesing alternative is being trialled on dead sheep.  | CommentsComments (12) | Wool must find value or find ... | AWI directors told to get back ...
Wool production to fall further due to seasonal conditions
26/09/2008 | A patchy and dry winter, and a dry start to spring in many parts of Australia, are expected to pull Australian wool production back even further in 2008/09, according to the latest forecasts from the Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee.  | Committed to a future for Qld wool | AWI's 'shower suit' a winner in ...
Half of all '08 lambs will not be mulesed
26/09/2008 | Around 14.5pc of wool in 2008/09 will come from non-mulesed sheep and almost half of all lambs born this year will not be mulesed, according to the Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee.  | CommentsComments (4) | Committed to a future for Qld wool | AWI's 'shower suit' a winner in ...
Wool steadies on Thursday, but down 4.1pc for week
25/09/2008 | The Australian wool market stabilised on Thursday, following its sharp falls earlier in the week, closing on 859c/kg.  | AWI directors told to get back ... | Wool's price battering continues
Wool must find value or find the door: Allan Myers
25/09/2008 | One of the sharpest minds to ever grow wool has outlined the simple case for its survival as a significant Australian industry. Allan Myers QC grew up surrounded by fine wool producers and is now a significant grower himself. But his fears for this once great industry have driven him to offer a rare public opinion.  | CommentsComments (8) | Chinese milk deaths cost ... | Carbon scheme to hit farming ...
Wool's price battering continues
24/09/2008 | The wool market copped a battering at the opening sales of the week, with the eastern market indicator losing 30c/kg on Tuesday and a further 5c/kg today to finish at 861c/kg.  | CommentsComments (6) | Wool must find value or find ... | Murray water pipeline a dud, ...
Committed to a future for Qld wool
24/09/2008 | After a career as a sheep scientist and adviser, Noel O'Dempsey is relishing the challenge of practising what he preached at his Traprock property.
22/09/2008 | A Japanese clothing company has placed forward orders for a revolutionary new suit which AWI hopes will lead to a significant increase in the demand for Australian Merino wool.  | CommentsComments (1) | Mulesing: Why bare all if ... | Rain buys delay in weir decision
AWI directors told to get back to work
22/09/2008 | WoolProducers Australia has delivered a blunt message to the dissenting minority on the AWI board: "play as a team or resign".  | CommentsComments (7) | Superfine growers say AWI must ... | AWGA calls for Fletcher to run ...
Wool markets finishes the week 15c/kg higher
19/09/2008 | The weakening Australian dollar has helped the wool market regain some ground, with the eastern market indicator finishing the week 15c/kg higher at 896c/kg (clean).  | Mutton market jumps $2-5 a head ... | AWI board divisions now ...
AWI board divisions now officially on show
19/09/2008 | The divisions within the AWI board are now officially on show, with the body yesterday releasing the voting position of board members as the majority rallied behind chairman Brian van Rooyen.  | CommentsComments (2) | Central banks in huge rescue bid | $A slides to US78.4c, then ...
Mulesing: Why bare all if silver bullets fire?
18/09/2008 | The question as been aptly raised: why breed bare breech animals when real alternatives to mulesing appear to be promised everywhere?  | CommentsComments (12)
Wool indicator gains 4c/kg
17/09/2008 | Wool's eastern market indicator gained 4c/kg after yesterday's sale in Newcastle, NSW, to now sit at 885c/kg (clean).  | Merino ewes sell to $71.50 at ... | Rams from Hay's drought-hit ...
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