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Wool market finishes the week 0.4pc higher
5/09/2008 | The Australian wool market has finished the week 0.4pc higher after sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle, with the EMI up 5c/kg to end the week at 855c/kg.  | A rare wool apology | Rain keeps coming for Qld and ...
A rare wool apology
5/09/2008 | The bitter personal feud between two wool leaders appears to have avoided the courts, with AWGA chairman Martin Oppenheimer issueing a written apology to former AWI chair Ian McLachlan.  | CommentsComments (1) | Rain keeps coming for Qld and ... | Garnaut backs soil carbon ...
Modiano says wool's time is still to come
4/09/2008 | Outspoken wool processor Laurence Modiano has encouraged growers to believe their time is "yet to come" but whether or not his time is to come is still unknown.  | CommentsComments (6) | Rain keeps coming for Qld and ... | Australian beef fails to ...
Wool up 7c/kg
4/09/2008 | The wool market improved yesterday, with the national indicator rising 7c/kg (+0.8pc) to 857c/kg.  | Van Rooyen keeps secrets from ... | Goondi pigs living free, easy ...
Van Rooyen keeps secrets from AWI's 'leaking' board
4/09/2008 | Some board members of Australian Wool Innovation were deliberately not told about a potential new "magic bullet" to replace surgical mulesing because their chairman, Brian van Rooyen, believed they would not keep it confidential.  | CommentsComments (6) | Goondi pigs living free, easy ... | CSIRO to be world best, vows ...
Mulesing threatens woolgrower exit
3/09/2008 | Wool growers fear the 2010 phase out of mulesing will encourage some to exit the industry.  | CommentsComments (6) | Burke backs GM, despite WA ... | Saving the Coorong could cost a ...
Wool market down 1pc for week
29/08/2008 | Wool's eastern market indicator fell by 1.0pc this week, closing on 850c/kg, at sales in Sydney and Melbourne. Fremantle fell, too, by 1.2pc.  | Red hot national Merino ram sale | Games are over ... let the wool ...
Red hot national Merino ram sale
29/08/2008 | Prices skyrocketed at this year’s Rabobank National Merino ram sale at Dubbo, NSW, on Thursday. Ram prices hit a top of $20,000, in what was a dramatic show of increased interest in Merino sheep.
Wool prices continue their two week slide
28/08/2008 | Wool’s eastern market indicator eased by 2c/kg when sales resumed over two-days this week starting on Wednesday. This downward trend continues wool's price slide during sales in the previous two weeks.  | Games are over ... let the wool ...
Games are over ... let the wool games begin
27/08/2008 | Now the Olympic Games are over and Europeans are returning to work, a lift in the wool market may not be too far away.  | CommentsComments (2) | PrimeAg posts $1.9m profit | Irrigation water use down by ...
26/08/2008 | The wool market has opened on a weaker note today, with the eastern market indicator slipping 7c/kg on day one of this week's three days of selling.  | CommentsComments (1) | Warmer but not wetter spring ahead | AWB lifts pool forecast by $30/t
Merino a sure-bet for the future
25/08/2008 | Peformance recording at Rick Baldwin’s Merino breeding property has led to a 15 year average weaning rate of 143 per cent. And according to the passionate Merino man this is just the beginning.  | CommentsComments (3)
Gun shearer, 78, refuses to let age get in the way
22/08/2008 | Trevor Hollitt is 78 yet the gun shearer demonstrated his skills at this year’s Royal Queensland Show.  | CommentsComments (1)
Wool down 1.6pc for week
22/08/2008 | Wool's eastern market indicator fell by 1.6pc this week, losing about half of the previous week's 3.2pc surge in the EMI, when wool lifted after sharp falls in the $A against the $US.  | All smiles for those who locked ... | ‘Silver bullet’ mulesing mystery
All smiles for those who locked into higher wool prices
21/08/2008 | Any woolgrowers smiling now, have probably had rain – or more likely – they locked in higher prices earlier this year. The market, despite this week's upturn, remains at least 20pc below February prices, allowing astute growers to earn an extra 200c/kg.  | ‘Silver bullet’ mulesing mystery | Wool prices open firm, holding ...
‘Silver bullet’ mulesing mystery
21/08/2008 | The mysterious ‘silver bullet’ expected to help resolve the mulesing issue is still a mystery to not only most woolgrowers but also many on the Australian Wool Innovation board, the organisation developing it.  | CommentsComments (5) | Wool prices open firm, holding ... | Supercat ban a win for woolgrowers
Silver bullet mulesing mystery
20/08/2008 | The “silver bullet” being discussed – by some – as likely to help resolve the mulesing issue remains a bit of a mystery to most woolgrowers and many directors of Australian Wool Innovation, the organisation developing it.  | New wool boss: we have not ... | New wool boss: we have not ...
Wool prices open firm, holding last week's 3.2pc gain
20/08/2008 | This week's wool market has opened on Tuesday with prices holding fully firm on last week's, maintaining all of last week's 3.2pc lift in the eastern market indicator.  | Supercat ban a win for woolgrowers | Wool prices jump 3.2pc, lifted ...
Supercat ban a win for woolgrowers
18/08/2008 | WoolProducers Australia has praised the Federal Government for banning the importation of hybrid wildcats, saying they posed a severe threat to lamb production.
Wool's EMI holds onto 3.2pc surge, as market steadies
15/08/2008 | Wool's key eastern market indicator on Thursday held onto its 3.2pc price gains on Wednesday, as the market steadied following a price surge in this good week for wool.
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