Australia’s wool industry research, development and marketing body, Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) has delivered the latest update on its number one R&D investment priority: protecting the nation’s sheep flock from flystrike.
The statistics on wool tested by AWTA in June and for the full 2015/16 season shows a sharp 21% drop in the weight of wool tested in June across Australia compared with June 2015.
The AWEX EMI opened the new season with an impressive display, closing on 1320c, up 23 for the week an increase of 28 in USC as all the merino MPG’s posted 25-50c rises for the week.
Australia’s leading sheep parasitologist, Dr Brown Besier, is drawing the curtain on a 47-year career which has delivered the industry major breakthroughs in the management of worms.