Around 42,000 bales of wool are on offer this week, with between 9,000 to 10,000 in Sydney and around 22,000 in Melbourne.

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Merino wether lambs sold to an average of $101, with prices ranging from $64.5 to $135 on AuctionsPlus.

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It’s time to hop to it and be vigilant about monitoring your flock for flystrike and managing insecticide treatment to protect your sheep.

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With the exception of weekly slaughter data, all major signs point towards an impending lamb shortage during winter.

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Sheep producers have been urged to download the new version of the Sheep Condition Scoring app to help monitor the condition of ewes in late pregnancy to optimise their survival.

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The wool industry’s next generation is set to take up the challenge with entries now open for the 2019 National Merino Challenge.

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There appears to be some growers looking to spring with a positive outlook, as scanned-in-lamb Merino ewes and ewe hoggets drew strong buyer activity with 79% of the 6,000 sheep offered sold at auction.

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The AWEX EMI closed on 1936c – down 7c at auction sales in Australia last week.

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The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee (AWPFC) has revised its forecast of shorn wool production for the 2018/19 season to 298 million kilograms (mkg) greasy, a 12.7% decline on the 2017/18 season and lower than its forecast of 305 mkg (-10.8%) at its November 2018 meeting.

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Joint winners from a high calibre field of six finalists have been announced in the prestigious sheep and wool industry’s Peter Westblade scholarship.

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Merino wether and wether lamb supply on AuctinsPlus fell last week to total 7,241 head, translating to fiercer competition from buyers looking to take advantage of the strong wool market, to see complete clearance across the category.

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The AWEX EMI closed on 1943c – down 4c at Auction sales in Australia last week.

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