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Games are over ... let the wool games begin
27/08/2008 | Now the Olympic Games are over and Europeans are returning to work, a lift in the wool market may not be too far away.  | CommentsComments (2) | PrimeAg posts $1.9m profit | Irrigation water use down by ...
26/08/2008 | The wool market has opened on a weaker note today, with the eastern market indicator slipping 7c/kg on day one of this week's three days of selling.  | CommentsComments (1) | Warmer but not wetter spring ahead | AWB lifts pool forecast by $30/t
Merino a sure-bet for the future
25/08/2008 | Peformance recording at Rick Baldwin’s Merino breeding property has led to a 15 year average weaning rate of 143 per cent. And according to the passionate Merino man this is just the beginning.  | CommentsComments (2)
Gun shearer, 78, refuses to let age get in the way
22/08/2008 | Trevor Hollitt is 78 yet the gun shearer demonstrated his skills at this year’s Royal Queensland Show.  | CommentsComments (1)
Wool down 1.6pc for week
22/08/2008 | Wool's eastern market indicator fell by 1.6pc this week, losing about half of the previous week's 3.2pc surge in the EMI, when wool lifted after sharp falls in the $A against the $US.  | All smiles for those who locked ... | ‘Silver bullet’ mulesing mystery
All smiles for those who locked into higher wool prices
21/08/2008 | Any woolgrowers smiling now, have probably had rain – or more likely – they locked in higher prices earlier this year. The market, despite this week's upturn, remains at least 20pc below February prices, allowing astute growers to earn an extra 200c/kg.  | ‘Silver bullet’ mulesing mystery | Wool prices open firm, holding ...
‘Silver bullet’ mulesing mystery
21/08/2008 | The mysterious ‘silver bullet’ expected to help resolve the mulesing issue is still a mystery to not only most woolgrowers but also many on the Australian Wool Innovation board, the organisation developing it.  | CommentsComments (5) | Wool prices open firm, holding ... | Supercat ban a win for woolgrowers
Silver bullet mulesing mystery
20/08/2008 | The “silver bullet” being discussed – by some – as likely to help resolve the mulesing issue remains a bit of a mystery to most woolgrowers and many directors of Australian Wool Innovation, the organisation developing it.  | New wool boss: we have not ... | New wool boss: we have not ...
Wool prices open firm, holding last week's 3.2pc gain
20/08/2008 | This week's wool market has opened on Tuesday with prices holding fully firm on last week's, maintaining all of last week's 3.2pc lift in the eastern market indicator.  | Supercat ban a win for woolgrowers | Wool prices jump 3.2pc, lifted ...
Supercat ban a win for woolgrowers
18/08/2008 | WoolProducers Australia has praised the Federal Government for banning the importation of hybrid wildcats, saying they posed a severe threat to lamb production.
Wool's EMI holds onto 3.2pc surge, as market steadies
15/08/2008 | Wool's key eastern market indicator on Thursday held onto its 3.2pc price gains on Wednesday, as the market steadied following a price surge in this good week for wool.
Wool prices jump 3.2pc, lifted by weak $A
14/08/2008 | Wool's eastern market indicator jumped 27c/kg after sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle yesterday, marking a strong recovery from last week's dismal season opener.  | Wool prices bounce in early ... | Wool pays for Hollywood product ...
Wool prices bounce in early sales today
13/08/2008 | A huge drop in the Australian dollar has sparked big wool price rises today.  | CommentsComments (1) | Pipe's impact on Murray Darling ... | Live exporters to 'lose ...
Wool pays for Hollywood product placement
13/08/2008 | Given what mulesing has done for the Australian wool industry in recent years, the decision to place wool products in a Hollywood movie called How To Lose Friends And Alienate People sounds ominous.  | CommentsComments (3) | Cattle industry growth on hold ... | Grainger returned as Cotton ...
12/08/2008 | The President of WoolProducers Australia, Don Hamblin, has paid tribute to Dr Bob Richardson, the former managing director of Wool International, who has passed away due to cancer.  | Woolmark brand revamped | AAco posts $2.1m half-year loss
Woolmark brand revamped
12/08/2008 | Australian Wool Innovation has launched a new-look Woolmark as well as a new exclusive Australian Merino brand, which it says represents an evolution of the Australian Merino anniversary logo which was first showcased on the global stage in 2007.  | CommentsComments (7) | AAco posts $2.1m half-year loss | Good news for exporters: $A ...
Wool prices lift on Thursday, helped by falling $A
7/08/2008 | After a bad start to wool auctions this week, the weakening $A helped to lift wool prices at auction on Thursday, the last day of selling this week. The benchmark eastern market indicator (EMI) on Thursday rose by 3c/kg, to close the week on 846c/kg.  | Wool indicator steady despite ... | New wool boss: we have not ...
Wool indicator steady despite 22c/kg fall in the west
7/08/2008 | Wool's eastern market indicator remained unchanged at 843c/kg after sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle yesterday, despite a 22c/kg fall in the western indicator.  | New wool boss: we have not ... | Wool price falls 21c/kg as ...
New wool boss: we have not delivered and must change
6/08/2008 | Wool's chief body has not handled mulesing well, research developments have not been fast enough, and accountability within the company has not been good enough, according to new AWI chairman Brian van Rooyen.  | CommentsComments (8) | Sheepvention rams hit $19,000 | Lamb looks for a back door to ...
Wool price falls 21c/kg as sales resume
6/08/2008 | The wool market went backwards in the first sales after the winter break, with the eastern market indicator dropping 21c/kg yesterday after auctions in Sydney and Melbourne.  | Sheepvention rams hit $19,000
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Preference deals with the Greens - how will it play out in the Senate?

27/08/2008 | IF farmers are wondering what the new look Senate will mean for them, they should just take a look at politics in NSW and the behind-closed-doors relationship between Labor and the Greens for a taste of what might be in store Federally.
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