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Future-Proofing the Wool Industry: Launch of the Post-Farmgate EAD Strategy 2025–2030
At WoolProducers Australia, we understand that the strength of our industry lies not only in the quality of our wool but in the...
Oct 14 min read
Reflections on a Challenging yet Rewarding Tenure
Rowan Woods, Immediate Past President, National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia It would be naïve to suggest that the past...
Oct 15 min read
Launch of the Wool Industry Post-farmgate Emergency Animal Disease (EAD) Preparedness and Response RD&E Strategy 2025–2030
WoolProducers Australia (WoolProducers) today (11 September 2025) announced the launch of the Wool Industry Post-farmgate Emergency...
Sep 113 min read
Joint ACWEP, NCWSBA and WPA Media Statement
The Australian Council of Wool Exporters and Processors (ACWEP), the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia (NCWSBA), and...
Sep 33 min read
WoolProducers Australia Seeks Directors for National Leadership Roles
WoolProducers Australia (WoolProducers) is calling for nominations for three independent director positions on its National Executive....
Sep 13 min read
Bringing The Crutching Trailer Inside
Tim McShane, wool producer in Southern Tasmania, part of a family farming operation, Stockman Stud, mating over 30,000 ewes, cropping...
Aug 312 min read
Unlocking Agricultural Productivity: A New Chapter for Australia’s Food and Fibre Future
On August 12, 2025, agricultural policymakers and industry stakeholders convened in Brisbane for a roundtable hosted by Minister for...
Aug 314 min read
WoolProducers welcomes Toby Haylock as new Youth Ambassador
WoolProducers Australia is proud to announce Toby Haylock as this year’s Raising the Baa Youth Ambassador. WoolProducers CEO, Ms Jo Hall,...
Aug 112 min read
Wool’s Reputational Risk: Why Mulesing Demands a Strategic Response
I recently attended the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) Livestock Conference where I participated in a panel titled "Animal Welfare,...
Aug 34 min read
Peter Thomas, WoolProducers Australia's Queensland Director
My name is Peter Thomas, and I recently joined the board of WoolProducers Australia, representing Agforce Queensland. Together with my...
Jun 302 min read
Working tirelessly to restore grower access to Custom Footrot Vaccine
Footrot is an inflammatory bacterial disease effecting the feet of sheep. More extreme (virulent) cases can result in detachment of the...
Jun 23 min read
Protecting the supply of wool – Australia’s Emergency Animal Disease Response System
At the recent 94th annual Congress of the International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO), I had the opportunity to deliver a presentation...
Jun 13 min read
Wool delegation investigates opportunities in Vietnam- including innovative natural fibre blends
Jo Hall, Kelvin Le and Adam Dawes Earlier in April, WoolProducers Australia led group of Australian and New Zealand wool industry...
May 13 min read
WoolProducers Australia highlight sustainability and economic gains in call for government wool procurement policy
WoolProducers Australia today called on Australian political parties to commit to implementing a policy mirroring the progressive move by...
Apr 143 min read
Wool delegation visits Vietnam to strengthen ties and build opportunities
Last week a delegation comprised of representatives from WoolProducers Australia, Michell Wool, Eqwools, Fox & Lillie Rural and WoolWorks...
Apr 143 min read
Innovation unlocks potential for wool in Vietnam
WoolProducers were thrilled to be involved in an event held in Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam on 11 April. The Australian Chamber of Commerce...
Apr 143 min read
WoolProducers Calls For Urgent Action to Tackle the Wool Industry’s Profitability Crisis
WoolProducers, as the sole national voice representing the interests all of Australian woolgrowers - not just a section of producers -...
Apr 24 min read
Rural voices must be heard - Keep the Sheep convoy coming to Perth
In collaboration with the Peter Westblade Scholarship (PWS) and Monaro Farming Systems (MFS), WoolProducers Australia informed emerging indu
Mar 173 min read
Introducing the importance of industry policy to emerging industry leaders
In collaboration with the Peter Westblade Scholarship (PWS) and Monaro Farming Systems (MFS), WoolProducers Australia informed emerging indu
Mar 173 min read
Same Fight, Different Struggles: Navigating Wool's Turbulent Times.
Things have been moving at a fast pace since our last newsletter in early December. A lot has happened, yet, in many ways, we find...
Mar 23 min read
Workshop Exposes Realities of Live Export Ban on Wool Industry
A wool focused workshop, instigated by WoolProducers Australia, was held on Friday, 21 February in Fremantle to bring home the reality of...
Feb 243 min read
Factors influencing the Australian Wool Price
An open letter to all Australian woolgrowers Fellow woolgrower, As you are well aware, woolgrowers in Australia are currently in the...
Jan 303 min read
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: Wool – the forgotten casualty of the live sheep export ban
Woolgrowers, brokers, exporters and service providers from the national and Western Australian wool industry have come together to hold...
Dec 3, 20244 min read
Emerging opportunities for Australian wool and Vietnam’s rapidly expanding textile industry
Kelvin Le and Andrew Dennis visiting Hantex for Australian wool trade promotion, a wool spinning mill located in Tay Ninh Province,...
Nov 2, 20244 min read
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