An important time for woolgrowers

In recent weeks there has been a welcome lift in the wool market as a level of confidence has returned to sale rooms across the country. Together with...

Planfarm

Sheep still have an important role to play in a cropping enterprise according to Paul Omodei from Planfarm.

Woolgrower returns from Blue Earth summit

Clare Canon has returned from the Blue Earth summit where she spoke of the disconnect between global sustainability frameworks and the realities of na...

AWI Chairman at Bendigo

Jasmine Cox: The energy of a young grower

Mooralla Merinos

Ricky and Marnie Luhrs of Mooralla Merinos are extremely positive about the future of the Merino brred based on its versatility and performance. Given...

Woolmark +

Woolmark + is designed to help woolgrowers and supply chain partners accelerate the wool industry’s transition towards a ‘nature positive’ future. AWI...

Woolgrowers and retailers working together

Australian woolgrowers and fashion brands can work hand in hand when it comes to promoting all the benefits of our premium natural fibre. That's the v...

Latest Wool Production Forecast

The wool production forecast for 2024/25 is 12% lower than the year before at just under 280 million kilograms greasy. Wool production is dropping in...

Paul O’Connor Oxton Park

The Merino is centre stage at Oxton Park where multiple families across multiple generations run a 8000 ha mixed farming operation. Hear how this fami...

Woolmark's 60th in China

We hear from Anthony Uren from AJ & PA McBride after his return from the Woolmark 60th anniversary tour of woollen mills and Woolmark partner.

Patrick Cripps and the Fibre of Football

Hear from AFL superstar and dual Brownlow medallist Patrick Cripps about growing up on a Merino property, life lessons from the town of Northamption i...

Carbon and wool - An explanation

We hear from Richard Eckhard, Professor of Livestock production at Melbourne University who not only breaks down the carbon debate into common languag...

Trail feeding lambing ewes

It has been the driest 5 months of record for many woolgrowing areas and many are now facing new challenges they haven't seen before. Dr Jane Gaussen...

Protecting your flock from flystrike

Over decades, Australian Wool Innovation has invested extensively to help woolgrowers protect their stock from flystrike. Hear just what is available...

New England MLP

The biggest sheep experiment in the world is drawing to a close and with it a treasure trove of data to explore. With the New England MLP site has com...

Emerging markets: Vietnam

Vietnam has been an emerging market for Australian wool for some years with some significant headway now achieved. Hear from Trudie Frederich, Regiona...

Woolmark going into bat for wool in Europe

Woolmark regional manager for Western Europe Damien Pommeret discusses in detail the large amount of work Woolmark conducts on behalf of woolgrowers i...

Japan and Korea market for wool

With the third largest GDP, Japan has been a significant market for wool for a long time. South Korea also as a cold climate country with a large popu...

Francesco Magri: Italy and wool

Italy is one of the style-capitals of the world with leading brands as well as some of the globe’s significant upmarket wool processors and manufactur...

Jeff Ma: China and wool

China is by far the largest destination for Australian wool, not only got processing but also, ultimately, sales. What is less known is the dependence...

Wayne Perkins, a shearing innovator

A kiwi shearer with a great eye for innovation, Wayne is known for his very successful crutching trailers but now has a system that uses a board that...

Winning With Weaners

The much-maligned Merino weaner is a vital part of any self-replacing Merino enterprise but often the cause of great frustration in working out how to...

Anna Speer and regenerative ag

One of the superstars of agriculture is Anna Speer, from pastoral experience as a jillaroo to the Livestock Exchange, CEO of Auctions Plus to chief op...

Nanjing Wool market conference

AWI Trade Analyst Scott Carmody talks through the ups and the downs from the 34th Nanjing Wool Market conference, widely seen as the most significant...

Biological harvesting field day

Hear from AWI Chairman Jock Laurie and Professor Phil Hynd from the University of Adelaide on the latest research developments with biological harvest...

Alex Ball puts it in our court

Dr Alex Ball of Rural Analytics explains the enormous gains the sheep and wool industry, or the sheep industry has achieved in the last 25 years but p...

Regenerative Agriculture under the microscope.

Regen Ag enjoys enormous popularity amongst farmers and consumers alike, but what is its definition and what can it and cannot include? Hear the thoug...

Scott Carmody on medium term optimism for wool

Recently returned from both the IWTO congress in Japan and a trip to meet with some of China’s biggest wool processors and traders, AWI Trade Consulta...

AWI GM research: Bridget Peachey

One of the most significant roles in the wool industry is the General Manager of on farm research at Australian Wool Innovation. Bridget Peachey now h...

Simply Merino

Canadian company Simply Merino consciously uses Australian Merino for their everyday outdoor wear. Recently they came to Australia and stayed on a far...

Biological harvesting of wool, Philip Hynd

There has never been a more acute need to find alternatives to harvest wool. The research project with the University of Adelaide to biologically harv...

MLP Macquarie’s final fling

The Merino Lifetime Productivity project is the world’s largest sheep experiment. The Macquarie site at Trangie, NSW is winding up but is unique as it...

Kondinin talks shed, yard design, sheep handlers

A quiet revolution has been taking place in recent years across sheep yards and shed design as well as the rapid development of the myriad of sheep ha...

Ian Shippen: shearing solutions

One of Australia's largest woolgrowers, Ian Shippen joins The Yarn to discuss how he found a way to shear many thousands of stranded sheep during the...

Sustainability and wool: the next frontier

With increased transparency comes increased market opportunities but the number and complexity of various supply chain schemes along the path to the f...

The expansion of domestic wool processing: Waverley Mills

Australia’s oldest working textile mill: Waverley Mills in Tasmania, is expanding! Hear from agribusiness veteran and Waverley executive director Da...

2023 wool market: where to from here?

Despite global uncertainty, the wool market has started the calendar year relatively well. Given all factors at play, what is the road ahead? We hear...

World’s greatest female shearer: Cathy Wendelborn

From shearing for the Queen to outback Queensland and winning at the Golden Shears, Cathy is a legend of the industry and inductee into the Shearing H...

Wild Dog mythbusting

As predators, wild dogs cost the Australian economy up to $100 million annually in lost production and control costs, not to mention the enormous stre...