Welcome to my fourth and final President’s Report. I spent some time looking back at previous reports, and there have been some consistent topics. During my tenure the Eastern Market Indicator (EMI) hit a low of 1100 cents, well below the cost of production, and woolgrowers turned to other enterprises. This year the EMI almost reached 2000 cents and now sits just above 1800 cents. I realise that most of you are sick of me saying that it’s only a base rate price. To keep woo

"Absolutely do it": my year as WoolProducers Youth Ambassador I grew up on a wool growing property in the Monaro, and these days I work as a wool broker for Elders in Yass. So I already knew wool. What I didn't know much about was policy and advocacy, and what actually happens behind the scenes before decisions reach the shed. That's why I put my hand up to be the 2025/26 WoolProducers Australia Youth Ambassador. I wanted to grow my knowledge and my network, and get a proper

I have recently returned from the Nanjing Wool Market Conference, where there were a record number of Australian growers, with just over 100 in attendance. The room heard from a number of organisations including the China Wool Textile Association (CWTA), Australian Wool Innovation (AWI), the National Council of New Zealand Wool Interests and Cape Wools South Africa. Four presentations, four countries, four sets of data, however they told the same story and that is that global