Locally based exporters enter wool market with renewed vigour
Merino fleece and skirtings were dominated by China, whilst the XB sector was heavily weighted towards a substantial European manufacturer. Australia’s largest wool trading companies returned to inventory accumulation last week.
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Australian record at Hamilton with 59,000 sheep scanned in a single day
Victorian producers, staff and agents at the Hamilton Regional Livestock Exchange created an Australian record – with 59,487 electronic National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) tags scanned on sheep sold at the sale on 15 December 2021.
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Nation’s biggest sheep station turns corner on wild dog fight
A concerted effort to refurbish 150km of exclusion fencing combined with a consistent wild dog baiting program has enabled the nation’s largest sheep station to turn the corner in profitability.
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Largest price fall in lamb categories among shedding lines
With a rare decline across all the six main lamb reporting categories, the largest fall was attributed to the shedding lines, which lost all of last week gains, as a reduction in the feature lines offered impacted top-end prices for the category.
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McGufficke wins Emerging Young Leaders Scholarship
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI), in conjunction with Action4Agriculture, is pleased to announce that Florance McGufficke is the winner of its 2022/23 Emerging Young Leaders Scholarship.
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Scanned in lamb Aussie White ewes return $730/head
SIL shedding breed ewes returned the highest clearance across joined ewe categories last week, reaching 94% with prices averaging $481/head.
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Non mulesed lots in certified sustainability programs sell at substantial premiums
Merino Fleece saw increased competition from a wider range of buyers on opening. The best performers were the 16.5μ which increased by 77c and the 17μ MPG, closing up 98c. 17.5 and 18.0 MPG’s added 55c and 54c respectively whilst the 19μ-21μ MPG’s added 30-40c.
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SIL Merino ewe listings on the rise and prices up by $11/head
Joined ewe categories saw a considerable rise in SIL Merino ewe listings this week, with 3,647 head offered as the category returned an 87% clearance.
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Lessons learnt from using post and wire to curb wild dogs
Lamb survival rates have jumped from 30 to 100 per cent thanks to wild dog exclusion fencing on one western Queensland sheep station.
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Confidence slowly returning to combing wool market
The AWEX EMI closed on 1407c - up 15c at auction sales in Australia last week. The 42,794 bales offered was met with buoyant competition from a wide range of local and indent exporters with Tuesday’s EMI just maintaining within 1c.
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Nominations called for the 2022 Australian Wool Industry Medal
It’s now time to consider nominating a worthy recipient for the 2022 Australian Wool Industry Medal.
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Shearer shortage looks to school leavers to take up slack
School leavers looking for a lucrative career in the bush have the chance to join an iconic industry and help Australia recover from COVID.
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