Pyramul woolgrowers win ASWGA fleece com

Annabelle Cleeland 

17 May 2017, 11:30 a.m.

ASWGA superfine wool award winners        

• Ed and Jill Hundy, “Windradeen”, Pyramul, NSW won the Cleckheaton Grand Champion Fleece Trophy, as well as the Class 90s and finer class, and were top-placed in the Mudgee region.
• Equal first in the 80s class went to winners of the Goulburn/Yass region fleece, Danny and Megan Picker, “Hill Creston Park”, Bigga, NSW and Ararat region winners Penny and Russell Hartwich, “Kelseldale”, Ballyrogan , VIC who also won the 74s class.
• Mark and Lesleann Waters, Riverton, Armidale, NSW, won the Class 70s and placed first in the New England region.
• James and Faye Pepper,  “Mumballview”, Mumballup, Western Australia, placed first in the West Australian Region
•  Ian and Margaret Humphry, “Avondale”, Springhurst, placed first in the Albury/Wodonga region
• Trevor and Kathy Mibus, “Glenara Merinos”, Hamilton, placed first in the Hamilton Region.
• Allan and Carolyn Phillips, Glen Stuart, Deddington, Tasmania placed first in the Tasmanian Region

Southern Grampians Shire mayor Mary-Ann Brown, Glenara Merinos' Rachael and father, Trevor Mibus with Australian Country Spinners chief executive Brenda McGahon.

Japanese market undeterred by doubling of Australian wool prices in search for top fleece

By Jess Davis

Posted 18 May 2017 at 11:55 am

A Japanese wool broker says that while Australian wool prices have doubled in Japan over the past year, it has not deterred the Japanese from buying.

Japanese wool brokers continue to require the highest standard of fine micron fibre.  (ABC Rural: Arlie Felton-Taylor)