Australian Superfine Wool Growers' Association Inc.
|
Office Bearers 2011/12 |
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| President | Sam Rayner |
| Secretary/Treasurer | Gai Rayner |
| Executive - Including President, Secretary/Treasurer |
Sam Rayner, Gai Rayner |
| Delegate |
Rodney Suttor |
| Reserve Delegates |
Sam Rayner |
November 2011
The season in the
Mudgee region could be described as good.
We had a dry winter with a slow start to spring, however with further
falls of rain we should have an average season for woolgrowing. From what I have seen and heard, the wool
from the region has been surprisingly sound and in most areas with a low vm in
the fleece, however skirtings are higher as would be expected after the big
season and resulting long grass from the last spring.
As far as wool
prices go those who managed to sell earlier received very good prices, however
it is very disappointing to see what has happened since, with an average drop
of some 300 cents. The market seems to
be stabilising at the last sales so we can only hope that there will be an
improvement.
As would be the
case in most areas we are hoping for a good lambing this year. At least we didn't get the huge fall of rain
that took out so many of the October drop lambs last year! The overall sheep numbers are down across the
region so a good lambing is needed to build up numbers.
While lamb and
mutton prices remain where they are, there is little incentive to retain older
wethers for woolcutting , for those that have any that is.
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