A delegation from Indian wool processor, Wool India, has completed a visit to Australia to explore opportunities to process greater volumes of Australian wool through its operations, in a further sign of India’s growing potential as a destination market for Australian wool. Wool India, a multigenerational family-owned wool processing business based in Bikaner, Rajasthan, has traditionally focused on coarser wools suited to carpet and interior textile applications. The company

Growing up on a wool and lucerne production property in South Australia's South East gave me an appreciation for the wool industry from an early age. That appreciation extends beyond the farm through to my family's artificial breeding business, where I have been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to meet producers from across all states. These experiences have given me a broader understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing the industry, as well as seeing

From 1 January 2027, most Australian states will require every sheep leaving a property to carry an electronic identification (eID) tag, regardless of the animal's age. For newborn lambs, that transition is well underway and largely sensible. But for older sheep, animals already carrying a visual National Livestock Identification System (NLIS) tag, many of them heading straight to slaughter, the looming deadline makes very little sense. WoolProducers Australia is again callin