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23 Nov 2004 | Wool Corporation rises from the ashes
Research and development company Australian Wool Innovation is talking about a merger with marketing group The Woolmark Company, in a union that would re-establish a single wool promotion company. ...... FULL STORY
12 Nov 2004 | Small sheep farms becoming less viable
The relative productivity of sheep farms has declined over 25 years, a report by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics found. ...... FULL STORY
10 Nov 2004 | Alternatives to mulesing being sought
Research into the genome of the blowfly will have to provide the alternative to the practice of “mulesing”, which protects sheep from fly strike. ...... FULL STORY
9 Nov 2004 | Sheep growers cut out mulesing
The sheep and wool industry have decided to counter campaigns from animal welfare groups, and promising to phase out the practice of mulesing by 2010. ...... FULL STORY
5 Nov 2004 | Zegna chief quits AWS board
Two prominent directors of Australian Wool Services have left the board in the wake of the $5 million loss reported by the company that owns the Woolmark label. ...... FULL STORY
2 Nov 2004 | Woolmark in the black, but R&D leaves red faces at AWS
Australian Wool Services, the parent company of Woolmark, recorded a loss of $5 million in the year to June 2004. This follows a loss of more than $6 million in 2003, and is the third loss in a row for AWS. ...... FULL STORY
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