The Australian sheep and wool industries are set to receive greater support in implementing proactive biosecurity measures, through the appointment of a specialist extension resource at Animal Health Australia (AHA), based in South Australia.
The global pandemic is well and truly wreaking havoc on the wool market as a high level of uncertainty and very little direction as to when life will return to normal causing low demand.
Bales offered continue to drop, with 23,000 available in the auctions last week. The low supply did nothing to stop the drop in the EMI, finishing the week down at 1225c, down 47c or 3.7%.
Merino ewe lambs sold from $135 to $281. Whilst the offering saw a correction on previous high prices, demand for the category was favourable, achieving a 90% clearance.
Information available to woolgrowers about footrot has been boosted by the launch of two new resources: the South Australian version of ‘Footrot: A guide to identification and control in the field’, and a website by University of Sydney.
There were 1,499 Merino ewe lambs offered last week on AuctionsPlus and they sold between $137 and $256, averaging $194, down $18 from the previous week.