At WoolProducers Australia, we understand that the strength of our industry lies not only in the quality of our wool but in the resilience of the systems that support it. That’s why we were proud to officially launch the Wool Industry Post-farmgate Emergency Animal Disease (EAD) Preparedness and Response RD&E Strategy 2025–2030 at the Wool Industries Australia Wool Week Forum in Melbourne on 11 September 2025. This Strategy, developed in collaboration with Animal Health Austr

Rowan Woods, Immediate Past President, National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia It would be naïve to suggest that the past year has been anything but one of the most trying periods for the wool industry—perhaps rivalled only by wartime. Wool production has fallen to levels not seen since World War I, and this downturn has reverberated across the entire supply chain, including our own National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia (NCWSBA) balance sheet, wi

WoolProducers Australia (WoolProducers) today (11 September 2025) announced the launch of the Wool Industry Post-farmgate Emergency Animal Disease (EAD) Preparedness and Response RD&E Strategy 2025–2030 at the Wool Industries Australia Wool Week Forum in Melbourne. The development of the Strategy was sponsored and coordinated by WoolProducers Australia and Animal Health Australia. The Strategy sets out a comprehensive roadmap to strengthen the wool supply chain’s resilience i