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18 Nov 2008 | Grain prices down, dairy & beef up
The Westpac-National Farmers Federation commodity price index fell by 1.3 per cent last month ...... FULL STORY
5 Nov 2008 | Dry spring creates havoc for farmers
Goulburn Murray Water has announced a small increase of 2 per cent in allocations to Murray and Goulburn irrigators. ...... FULL STORY
4 Nov 2008 | AWI can’t agree on end to mulesing
Conflict of interest allegations are dogging the woll industry as it seeks to agree on a safe and non-painful alternative to surgical mulesing. ...... FULL STORY
21 Oct 2008 | Wool industry split over mulesing solutions
A senate committee has heard that Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) is governed by a board that cannot work together and is riven by disunity and dysfunctional relationships. AWI chairman Brian van Rooyen denied the board was dysfunctional. ...... FULL STORY
15 Aug 2008 | Marketing needed to maintain herd quality
Australian Wool Innovation launched a $120 million marketing campaign to promote Australian merino wool. The industry owned AWI bought the Woolmark brand last year with a federal grant and want to attach it to quality fibre wool only. ...... FULL STORY
9 Jul 2008 | Mixed farmers make the most of hard times
Australia''s mixed farmers have increased profitability of their operations by about nine per cent over the last five years, despite drought and difficult conditions according to research by the Grain and Graze project. ...... FULL STORY
23 May 2008 | Falling demand depresses wool
Wool sales in the United States and Japan are dropping as economic conditions deteriorate and consumers turn away from luxury items. ...... FULL STORY
9 May 2008 | Clips not good enough answer to mulesing
Animal rights activists say that a proposal by the wool industry to replace mulesing with the use of a plastic clip does not go far enough. ...... FULL STORY
6 May 2008 | Retailers expand wool boycott
Graziers have hit out at animal rights activists following the announcement that another two major European retailers have joined the boycott of wool from mulesed sheep. ...... FULL STORY
28 Mar 2008 | Mulesing campaign spreads
Activists campaigning to stop the practice of mulesing will stage a demonstration outside the Australian embassy in the Danish capital of Copenhagen. ...... FULL STORY
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