The Yarn

With three new functions now available on the WoolQ platform, doors are opening to new opportunities for all in the Australian wool industry. Listen in to find out what opportunities are opening for you.

Every country presents different challenges for wool growers and for South Africans, big cats and mining are two very large issues wool growers must face.

Scott Nicholson has taken up the Nuffield scholarship with both hands and is leading the charge in finding new ways to bring technology on-farm, whilst learning some great life lessons along the way.

We speak with four industry representatives, Geoff Power, Karen Huskinson, Scott Pickering and Chris Patmore, about their role in wild dog control and what the future holds for the sheep and wool industry.

Staggering results were achieved at Australian wool auctions this week. But what are the factors involved in the EMI achieving both daily and weekly EMI records?

The Australian Wool industry is built on long standing trust and reputation for quality, but how easily could this be destroyed? Listen to Charlie Arnot at LambEx 2018 as he breaks down what’s needed to keep the industry on top.

From Lambex 2018: taking advantage of digital disruption. Melissa Clarke-Reynolds is a digital strategist, foresight practitioner, maths geek and Beef and Lamb NZ independent director. What sort of opportunities exist for sheep and woolgrowers in the brave new digital world.

Do you have trouble with your weaners? Are your rams performing? What are your ewes, performers or passengers? New workshops designed to boost your on-farm productivity are rolling out across the country. Find out about them here.

AFL superstars, West Coast Eagles captain Shannon Hurn and Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe pair up for wool! We catch them at a Fibre of Football photoshoot to hear about their connection to farming and the wool industry.

Two researchers tackle the big issues in the sheep and wool industry.

A full run down of AWI’s recent Breech Flystrike RD & E Technical Update. Hear from an organiser, speaker and attendee recapping the day’s proceedings.

We speak to two CEOs within the industry and get their take on where we need to invest to ensure the future of the wool industry.

- Hear from AWI’s CEO Stuart McCullough as he speaks about the recommendations made in the Review of Performance and the next steps for the operation of the AWI.

- Strong days for wool: make the most of it: how? - Can and will the market continue at current levels? - Tech: its here and now, hear what digital technologies will shape wool enterprises in the next decade

- The holy grail of the wool industry: the quest begins again. - Hear from leading robotic and shearing experts from the most recent workshop - Why peeling bananas may be part of the breakthrough.

What do retailers and brands really think about the wool industry? AWI’s Kelly McAvoy, Sam Cockedey and Peta Slack-Smith brought some of the biggest names in the industry Down Under to find out.

It’s used in the cattle industry, but can it be applied to the sheep industry? This project will discover whether selecting for sex is viable in the sheep industry.

Australia celebrates arguably our finest export through The Woolmark Company’s Wool Week. Step behind the scenes and hear the passion behind the 2018 campaign.

The wool market is in extremely rare territory with the benchmark EMI lapping at $20/kg as predicted by the AWI CEO last year. Hear why the market is so high, the true drivers of the trade and the latest trade news from China and beyond. What does the future hold for what is now seen as a versatile, natural and sustainably produced fibre?

Australia’s leading educational competition for young people interested in the wool industry.

Communal farming of flocks and rangelands, the average flock is just 200 but the Merino is so valued it is a “preferred” species according to the Lesotho government.

Hear from two very passionate woolgrowers: an Argentinian and New Zealander about growing wool and balancing work and life.

Young woolgrowers embarked on a study tour of China. This is what they thought of the world’s biggest manufacturer of Australian wool.

Dr Kim Bunter of the University of New England explains her breakthrough work in scanning for foetus age. This is some of the most exciting work in scanning since the technology developed for sheep in the 1980s

Australian genetics in South America What it is like running Merinos in Patagonia, Argentina