Wool

Major wool sale clippedTasmania Mercury, Australia - 9 hours ago

Reduction in wool scouring capacity consideredRadio New Zealand, New Zealand - 13 hours ago

RWC to concentrate on production of scoured woolFibre2fashion.com, India - 18 hours ago

Elders wool to cease international operationsFibre2fashion.com, India - 23 hours ago

Australian Wool Output Will Slump to 84-Year Low, Group SaysBloomberg - Dec 11, 2008

Lower supply cushions the wool blowStock and Land, Australia - Dec 9, 2008

Senior staff go from wool bodyABC Online, Australia - 6 hours agoSeveral senior staff have been made redundant from research and marketing body Australian Wool Innovation. AWI says the redundancies are part of the ...

Wool prices firm up as demand gets strongerFibre2fashion.com, India - Jun 20, 2008

Australia wool industry moves to counter boycottsReuters UK, UK - 29 minutes ago

Wool price stays low, despite non-mulesed saleABC Online, Australia - 5 hours ago

Fiery wool meeting in storeABC Online, Australia - Nov 13, 2007Key figures in the nation's wool industry have gathered at Geeling in Victoria today for Australian Wool Innovation's annual general meeting. ...

Falling dollar means rising wool priceABC Online, Australia - Nov 13, 2007The wool price rose again yesterday, becuse of the falling Aussie dollar, to finish sales at exactly 1000 cents a kilogram clean on the Eastern Market ...

Key wool postings herald new directionNorth Queensland Register, Australia - 1 hour agoTwo key posts within the wool industry have been filled, with a new president of WoolProducers Australia and a new manager of marketing at Australian Wool ...

Green strategy pays offNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 8 hours agoHe then took on a few small building jobs before buying his wife's cousin's business, which operated a machine that blew wool into lofts for insulation. ...

Signs good for a firmer wool marketNorth Queensland Register, Australia - 22 hours agoThe market for NZ wools lifted by around 40c/kg compared with last week's sales of Australian wool, when NZ Merino wool was offered in Melbourne on Tuesday ...

Wool closure worries brokersABC Online, Australia - 23 hours agoWool brokers are nervous about who'll be able to fill the huge financial gap left by Itochu Wool, which plans to close its Australian buying division. ...

New Zealand Sheep Population Falls as Drought Forces SlaughterBloomberg - 1 hour ago7 (Bloomberg) -- New Zealand's sheep population dropped 2.4 percent to a 10-year low as farmers culled flocks because of a drought on the North Island's ...

Milk-solids payout tipped to remain above $5New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 12 hours agoShortages caused by the Australian drought drove a 24 per cent increase in export prices for fine wool last year, and mid-micron wool returns improved too. ...

NZ fails in bid to re-open Chinese wool marketStuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Aug 2, 2007China has rocked the $4 billion Southern Hemisphere wool trade – including New Zealand farmers who sell their wool on both sides of the Tasman – by halting ...

Wool prices fall in FremantleABC Online, Australia - Aug 1, 2007The fallout continues in the wool market with Western Australian producers the latest to feel the squeeze from a lack of Chinese buyers. ...Wool prices plunge as China dispute heats up The West Australian

Australian wool market plunges 70cABC Online, Australia - Jul 31, 2007The wool market plunged more than 70 cents yesterday in Sydney, proving fears that the loss of Chinese buyers in the market would severely affect the price. ...

China exits wool market as trading resumesABC Online, Australia - 2 hours agoAll eyes are on the wool market today with the first sales resuming after the winter break and the major buyer, China, out of the market. ...

NZ wine exports tipped to overtake woolRadio New Zealand, New Zealand - 12 hours agoThe New Zealand wine industry expects to overtake wool in export earnings in the next few years. Its latest forecast, released at a wine exporters' forum in ...

Wool market pauses for mid year break on a highABC Online, Australia - 2 hours agoAs the wool market pauses for its mid year recess, both market indicators have finished about 200 cents a kilogram higher than last financial year. ...

Wool prices give hope for farmers amid slump on lambsScotsman, United Kingdom - 8 hours agoNot so many years ago, producers regarded the annual wool cheque as almost equivalent to the shepherd's wages. But today, wool has become a cost to many, ...

Australian wool poised to recover from droughtDaily Times, Pakistan - Jul 4, 2007SYDNEY: Recent rainfall and a strong Australian dollar are building a recovery for Australia’sA$2.5 billion ($2.1 billion) a year wool export industry after ...

Australian wool poised to recover from droughtDaily Times, Pakistan - Jul 4, 2007SYDNEY: Recent rainfall and a strong Australian dollar are building a recovery for Australia’sA$2.5 billion ($2.1 billion) a year wool export industry after ...

Wool Prices further dropping in Australia Weekly ReportEmergingTextiles.com (subscription), France - Jun 29, 2007Wool prices again declined in Australia, reflecting larger quantities offered for sale than earlier expected. Demand however rebounded on Thursday, ...

Wool rebounds on Thursday, but down 2.9pc for weekNorth Queensland Register, Australia - Jun 28, 2007The Australian wool market dropped by 2.9pc this week at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle. After steep price falls on Tuesday, however, ...