The Yarn
By Australian Wool Innovation
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What do luxury fashion in Paris and a farm near Burra have in common? Wool! Join us as we explore wool’s global supply chain; speaking with woolgrowers, manufacturers, designers and everyone in between, about how they're working with the world's miracle fibre. If you have feedback or a question you would like to raise as part of The Yarn podcast, please email The Yarn at theyarn@wool.com.
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Know your enemy: protecting your flock against flystrike
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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George Millington: new AWI Chairman
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Future leaders trip to China
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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IWTO President, Major wool processor and large woolgrower
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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An important time for woolgrowers
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Planfarm
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Woolgrower returns from Blue Earth summit
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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AWI Chairman at Bendigo
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Jasmine Cox: The energy of a young grower
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May 08, 2025 |
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Mooralla Merinos
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Woolmark +
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Woolgrowers and retailers working together
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Latest Wool Production Forecast
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Paul O’Connor Oxton Park
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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Woolmark's 60th in China
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Patrick Cripps and the Fibre of Football
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Carbon and wool - An explanation
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Trail feeding lambing ewes
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Protecting your flock from flystrike
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May 21, 2024 |
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New England MLP
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May 07, 2024 |
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Emerging markets: Vietnam
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May 07, 2024 |
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Woolmark going into bat for wool in Europe
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Japan and Korea market for wool
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Francesco Magri: Italy and wool
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Jeff Ma: China and wool
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Wayne Perkins, a shearing innovator
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Winning With Weaners
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Anna Speer and regenerative ag
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Nanjing Wool market conference
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Biological harvesting field day
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Alex Ball puts it in our court
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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Regenerative Agriculture under the microscope.
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Scott Carmody on medium term optimism for wool
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Jun 02, 2023 |
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AWI GM research: Bridget Peachey
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Simply Merino
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Biological harvesting of wool, Philip Hynd
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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MLP Macquarie’s final fling
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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Kondinin talks shed, yard design, sheep handlers
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Ian Shippen: shearing solutions
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Sustainability and wool: the next frontier
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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The expansion of domestic wool processing: Waverley Mills
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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2023 wool market: where to from here?
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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World’s greatest female shearer: Cathy Wendelborn
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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Wild Dog mythbusting
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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Bernard Salt’s challenge to Australian agribusiness
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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AWI AGM highlights
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Domestic processing: dream or reality
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Jamie Lillie of Fox and Lillie exports
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Sportscraft and wool
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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The Merino Lifetime Productivity (MLP)
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Foot and Mouth Disease Augmented Reality
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Carryology USA discovers the source of Merino
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Voice of the future
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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Data supporting and building trust in industry
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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School wether competition success
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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State of the Art 3D knitting on farm
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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Ed Storey, WoolProducers Australia president: FMD, SSF and the state of wool
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Wool back at Premiere Vision
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Foot and Mouth special: your sheep and wool questions answered
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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TEM and the wild west
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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The superfine master
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Biological defleecing: the next generation
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Barber’s Pole: clear and present danger
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Wool harvesting technology day: Falkiner Memorial Field Station
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May 19, 2022 |
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Global demand, new processing, wool harvesting
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May 12, 2022 |
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Wool supply and demand: the latest news from both ends
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Rethinking investment on farm
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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New shearing tech at field days
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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The_world’s biggest sheep experiment.
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Wearable Tech: keeping shearers shearing
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Geoff Power: industry champion
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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Slowing the development of flystrike chemical resistance
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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The Young Wool Group
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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New catch and deliver trialled in woolsheds
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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The 21st Century Wild Dog Tree
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Wool’s achievements in 2021 and hopes for 2022
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Homespun: the new Australian series in a woolgrowing community
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Voting online for the 2021 AWI AGM
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Carbon Accounting with new Nuffield scholar
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Make The Label Count; the most important wool campaign ever?
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Kangaroo Island recovery, with a surprise
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Shearing innovation: can catch + drag be eliminated? And the digital tally counter!
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Containment/confinement feeding
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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AWI Board Q+A and the school wether challenge
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Breeding Leadership
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Woolpoll and a sheep handling legend
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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2021 Review of Performance
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Farmers helping farmers
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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The UK and Europe post COVID: what for wool?
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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New AWI Chairman Jock Laurie
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Ross Wells OAM
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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The world’s biggest fleece competition turns 50
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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The next wool selling season; what’s the outlook?
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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EU labelling problem
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Q&A for WoolQ
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Its Super-fine
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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The Sheep Geek (self-confessed)
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Merinos winning in a changing landscape
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Real Farmers with Real Agritech= solving problems + lifting profits
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Australian Made Week; buy local, support local
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May 28, 2021 |
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Voices of the Wool Industry
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May 20, 2021 |
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Joining Ewe Lambs
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May 13, 2021 |
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Wool production and WoolQ
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May 07, 2021 |
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Revisiting the USA
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Sheep Sustainability Framework
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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Pasture legumes to feed livestock and crops
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Where to for wool post COVID
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Burying wool and stereotypes
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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The fence that’s saving the outback
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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What shearing shortage?
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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Merinos reduce cropping risks
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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The business in building a shearing shed
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Taking a chance with wool and winning
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Flies and worms in a wet summer
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Marketing wool during COVID
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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How blockchain could revolutionise wool
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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A strong start to 2021 fr the wool market
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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A new path to farm ownership
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Yacker; a new way for farmers to communicate
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Managing your flock over summer
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Where have all the shearers gone?
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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The nutritional value of crop stubbles
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Wool2030: a brighter future for Australian woolgrowers
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Making EID work
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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The editor behind Beyond the Bale
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Highlights of the 2020 AGM
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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SafeSheds; The Shearing Shed Safety Program
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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The sheep industry at new price and low flock levels
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Intensifying Merino operations: can you double?
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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AWI Young Breeders Challenge
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Rams x The Yarn
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Making Changes: Change Makers
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Ram Ready with Dr Michylla Seal
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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From shearing school to Shanghai
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Woolmark in America
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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A Shortage of Shearers – but is it all bad?
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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The twin Merino lambing shed
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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The Yarn: the next Hugh McKay
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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Ag education: wether challenge success
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Woolgrower to Wool Market
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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MJ Bale on changing demand for wool
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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Legumes for Livestock
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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Masks and online ram sales
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Merinos planting crops
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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Resisting resistance
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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Persistence of wool marketing
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Upgrading your shearing office
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Precision lambing
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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This week it’s all about what is happening in Asia.
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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The Science of Wool
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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Gaining genetic ground with an MLP milestone
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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What’s the supply, and what’s the demand?
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May 22, 2020 |
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The Yarn: The need for green feed
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May 14, 2020 |
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Smart solar tags: real time monitoring of sheep
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May 07, 2020 |
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Ian McLachlan: wool industry elder
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May 01, 2020 |
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A Plan for Predators
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Shearing in isolation
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Future-proofing the Wool Industry
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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A crucial COVID-19 update from China
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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The marriage of sheep and cropping
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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COVID-19; Challenging the Wool Market
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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Progressing with Flystrike Research
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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Adversity to Opportunity; Controlling Feral Species After Natural Disasters
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Feb 20, 2020 |
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Fire Recovery: Let’s Start Again
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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Coronavirus and the Australian wool trade
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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The Positives of Drought
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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Bushfires: Emergency Livestock Safety and Recovery
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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The Dawn of Australian Wool; the Origins of the First Fabric
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Dec 22, 2019 |
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AWI CEO on 2019 and hope for 2020
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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Shearing and Wool Handling; a profession, a sport or both?
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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Young guns fire for wool
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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Australian wool and the USA
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Nov 17, 2019 |
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Studying Shearing Muscle and Rangeland Management
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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The Chairman’s Address
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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Gucci and Versace: why these iconic brands choose wool
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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2019 Nanjing Wool Market ‘Conference of Confusion’
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Sep 29, 2019 |
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Lifting reproduction and broad wool marketing
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Sep 22, 2019 |
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New shearing shed designs and wool’s wellness attributes
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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MAKING SHEEP EASIER
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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The_Yarn EP 100
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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Winning with wool dedication
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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An ugly wool market restart: why?
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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A fashion journalist’s love for wool
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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Magnificent Maidens: lambing ewes at 12 months
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Jul 26, 2019 |
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Persistent pastures and plugging feed gaps
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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Smart Tags and WoolQ: the future of wool
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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The 100% solar-powered woolshed
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Jul 04, 2019 |
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Wool around the world
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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Risky business
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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50 years of service to the West Australian agricultural industry
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Jun 16, 2019 |
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Educating the future of wool; the NMC
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Jun 11, 2019 |
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Secrets of a Kelpie Master
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May 31, 2019 |
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Supply, Demand and Asia: where wool dragons drive demand.
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May 24, 2019 |
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Merino Lifetime Productivity (MLP) Project Update
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May 20, 2019 |
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Regenerative agriculture: fad or the future?
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May 10, 2019 |
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We Wool Win at the Boston Marathon
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May 03, 2019 |
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Rebuilding a giant: the Qld wool industry
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Apr 18, 2019 |
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How to plan and execute practical change
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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Merino Management
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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Lessons in and out of the shearing shed
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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The Live Sheep Trade
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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Why have sheep in a cropping system?
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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The Road to Balranald
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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Droughts, floods but optimism in QLD
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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Fashion Secrets Explained
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Feb 15, 2019 |
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Craig Wilson’s career as a Merino consultant
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Feb 08, 2019 |
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Wool market update: Jan 2019
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Jan 21, 2019 |
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Flock to Baggy Green
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Dec 16, 2018 |
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Nigel Kerin
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Nov 23, 2018 |
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Who’s teaching the next gen about wool?
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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3D printing - could this lead to robotic shearing?
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Nov 02, 2018 |
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Is the China-US trade war affecting our wool market?
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Oct 26, 2018 |
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Woolgrowers from both sides of the world
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Oct 18, 2018 |
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What does industry think about WoolPoll?
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Oct 12, 2018 |
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A humble shepherd and internationally acclaimed author
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Oct 04, 2018 |
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Drought
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Sep 27, 2018 |
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Woolmark Performance Challenge
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Sep 24, 2018 |
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IWP designer making waves
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Sep 13, 2018 |
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New WoolQ Functionality
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Sep 07, 2018 |
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The challenge of growing wool in Africa
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Aug 30, 2018 |
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Nicholson’s Nuffield
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Aug 24, 2018 |
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Barking up the right tree
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Aug 17, 2018 |
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Another Record High
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Aug 16, 2018 |
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Social license, what is it to the wool industry?
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Aug 13, 2018 |
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Our farming future with robots
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Aug 09, 2018 |
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Cockies head back to school
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Aug 06, 2018 |
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Fibre of Footy
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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The blueprint of fly genomes and lamb survival
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Jul 27, 2018 |
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Breech Flystrike RD & E Technical Update
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Jul 20, 2018 |
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Where is the industry heading?
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Jul 13, 2018 |
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Review of Performance
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Jul 09, 2018 |
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The Future
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Jul 05, 2018 |
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Robotic shearing: can it become a reality?
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Jun 29, 2018 |
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Connecting the dots
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Jun 21, 2018 |
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Sexed Semen – intrigued? You should be
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Jun 14, 2018 |
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Why Wool? Behind the scenes of Wool Week
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May 30, 2018 |
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Wild days for wool
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May 25, 2018 |
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The National Merino Challenge
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May 20, 2018 |
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Where is Lesotho?
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May 18, 2018 |
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Two Merino women with very different viewpoints.
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May 18, 2018 |
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China Connection
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May 10, 2018 |
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Making headway with scanning
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May 04, 2018 |
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The World Merino conference in Uruguay
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May 02, 2018 |
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Marathon runners Won With Wool
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Apr 17, 2018 |
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Ewe are what ewe eat
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Apr 15, 2018 |
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The.global reach of Australian wool
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Apr 05, 2018 |
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Non mulesed operations
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Mar 25, 2018 |
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WoolQ: the digital future for wool selling
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Mar 21, 2018 |
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Young wool optimists
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Mar 15, 2018 |
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Australia’s biggest sheep experiment: the MLP
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Mar 04, 2018 |
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Wool and Sport
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Feb 19, 2018 |
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Chinese supermodel/designer visits farm
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Feb 12, 2018 |
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The_Genius of wool design: hear the IWP winners
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Feb 04, 2018 |
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United States of wool: hear what major retailers say about wool
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Jan 15, 2018 |
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Wool at $20, why? Hear the optimism around our fibre
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Dec 18, 2017 |
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Provence
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Dec 03, 2017 |
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Demand and Supply
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Oct 08, 2017 |
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The Business of Wool
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Sep 19, 2017 |
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India, Hong Kong and the wool market
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Aug 31, 2017 |
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It’s Ewe Time
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Aug 16, 2017 |
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Dr Jane Littlejohn and the digital potential
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Aug 03, 2017 |
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Lifetime Ewe App
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Jul 09, 2017 |
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Australian wool in Italy
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Jun 22, 2017 |
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Nuffield scholarship
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Jun 08, 2017 |
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AFL Kevin Sheedy
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May 24, 2017 |
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To sell or keep, what do the experts say?
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May 01, 2017 |
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Burberry sourcing tour
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Apr 12, 2017 |
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wool in Turkey
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Mar 30, 2017 |
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From the outback to the Himalayas
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Mar 20, 2017 |
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The man who dressed India’s Prime Minister
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Mar 05, 2017 |
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why Adidas loves wool
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Feb 16, 2017 |
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Korea, a market for wool?
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Feb 02, 2017 |
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How does AWI measure success
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Jan 15, 2017 |
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Wool, a staple in activewear
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Dec 20, 2016 |
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AWI grower networks
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Dec 08, 2016 |
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Bullish in a British way
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Nov 23, 2016 |
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Word from China
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Nov 10, 2016 |
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Wool’s therapeutic qualities
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Oct 27, 2016 |
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Why do we invest in Fashion?
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Oct 26, 2016 |