By Terry Sim, 17 May 2017
ULTRAFINE wool growers Ed and Jill Hundy are proud first-time winners of the Australian Superfine Wool Growers Association fleece competition’s Cleckheaton grand champion fleece award.
16 May 2017, 4 p.m.
Former Australian Superfine Woolgrowers Association (ASWGA) president Kevin Dunn’s profound commitment to the fine wool industry meant one year he could not put his rams out for joining.
Kevin Dunn was awarded honorary life member of the ASWGA by president Simon Cameron at this year's association conference, held in Hamilton.
17 May 2017, 6:30 a.m.
IN the battle against animal rights activists, Australian Wool Innovation’s (AWI) weapon of choice is a credit card.
AWI have collaborated with fashion empire, Westfield, to promote Australia’s wool history this week as part of Wool Week Australia, where campaigns have been rolled out at 30 stores with the main aim to sell wool.
AWI's Marius Cuming said fighting with animal activists is like fighting with your mother-in-law, you "never, ever, ever" win the argument.
The Standard
17 May 2017, 5 p.m.
Kathy and Trevor Mibus of “Glenara Merinos” at Dunkeld are the Hamilton region winners of this year’s fleece competition run by the Australian Superfine Woolgrowers Association (ASWGA).
Along the chain: Superfine wool producer Susan Rowbottom of St Helens near Port Fairy with Mike Kuritani from Japanese textile producer Itochu at the Hamilton meeting for superfine wool growers.
18 May 2017, 6 a.m.
GLOBAL retailers have tapped into a new chain of custody for the Australian wool industry, which is set to process 500 tonne of wool under a new initiative between Australian Merino Exports and Roberts Limited.
Australian Merino Exports wool buyer Andrew Worthington
17 May 2017, 11:30 a.m.
Southern Grampians Shire mayor Mary-Ann Brown, Glenara Merinos' Rachael and father, Trevor Mibus with Australian Country Spinners chief executive Brenda McGahon.
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)
The Australian Superfine Wool Growers’ Association is excited to announce its 6th Annual Reunion Dinner and Farm Tours on 13th May in Hamilton followed on the 14th May by a farm tour in the Ararat region.
Read MoreVICTORIAN woolgrowers David and Susan Rowbottom of St. Helens have produced arguably the world’s best ultrafine wool fleece for four consecutive years.
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