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24 Sep 2003 | Drought yet to hit wool: ABARE
Specialist wool producers' incomes reached a 25-year high despite the drought, but wool farm profits and earnings will drop in the next few years as flocks are rebuilt, according to ABARE's 2003 Australian Wool Industry Report. ...... FULL STORY
23 Sep 2003 | Wool needs a plan for Japan: report
A new report, commissioned by Australian Wool Innovation and written by the Australia-Japan Research Centre, concludes that the Australian wool industry should set up an organisation in Japan to regain the millions of dollars in trade lost there... ...... FULL STORY
23 Sep 2003 | Harvest up but exports down
ABARE has raised its forecast for commodity export earnings in 2003-2004 to $83.9 billion, up from $82.8 billion in June, due to the nation's looming bumper grain harvest and improving prospects for world economic recovery. ...... FULL STORY
22 Sep 2003 | One vet, one bolt gun, few options on 'ship of shame'
There is one vet with one bolt gun aboard the Cormo Express, with only enough charges to kill one-tenth of the 50,000-plus sheep on board. ...... FULL STORY
15 Sep 2003 | Big drop in sheep population
There is more evidence that Australia's sheep flock is shrinking, with new figures showing that volumes of wool shorn this season will fall and Australians will eat less lamb than ever before this year. ...... FULL STORY
9 Sep 2003 | WA Merino breeders want more sampling accuracy
The Stud Merino Breeders Association of Western Australia says fleece measurement tests should be standardised so that buyers get more accurate information when they're buying rams. ...... FULL STORY
8 Sep 2003 | ASX to begin trading Wool Futures
The Australian Stock Exchange will commence the trading of wool futures contracts on Monday September 8, 2003. ...... FULL STORY
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