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29 Apr 2005 | AWS spurns Mariner offer for Woolmark
Australian Wool Services has rejected a proposal from Sydney based private equity investor Mariner Financial to purchase the Woolmark Company’s entire assets. ...... FULL STORY
27 Apr 2005 | Woolgrowers divided over marketing plan
The International Wool Textile Organisation said wool processors, brokers and exporters were expected to match the $7 million in marketing funds surprisingly made available by Australian Wool Innovation, a research and development organisation. ...... FULL STORY
22 Apr 2005 | Mariner makes surprise bid to take over Woolmark
A private equity fund associated with Mariner Financial group may be bidding to buy the assets of Woolmark, the marketing company funded by licence fees. ...... FULL STORY
12 Apr 2005 | Biological shearing now a commercial prospect
Animal health company, Merial, has finally begun to market a protein, or epidermal growth factor now known by the brand name Bioclip, that CSIRO research first showed 30 years ago would lead to "biological" shearing of sheep. ...... FULL STORY
5 Apr 2005 | Storms savage potato production in WA’s south-west
Severe storms in the south of Western Australia killed more than 100,000 sheep and caused about $8 million in crop and stock losses. ...... FULL STORY
1 Apr 2005 | Live sheep trade strangles merino flocks
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics estimates the merino ewe population in Australia at around 40 million, with the national sheep flock at about 96 million head. ...... FULL STORY
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