Vernon Graham

The Australian wool market suffered a painful day on Tuesday with the EMI shedding 97c.

Major saleyards reported much reduced lamb numbers at the start of this week as a panic sell-off is put on hold.

Online selling platform, AuctionsPlus, has taken steps to avoid a repeat of last Friday's disruptions to its national cattle sales.

Australian Wool Innovation chairman Colette Garnsey has written to grower shareholders to update them on how the company is dealing with coronavirus.

Coronavirus has forced more bandwidth resources to healthcare and government services which has given online seller, AuctionsPlus, a headache.

AWEX has bowed to pressure and will defer its push to add a new non-mulesed category on the National Wool Declaration.

New protocols have been released for wool harvesting in the era of Covid-19.

Federal Agriculture Minister, David Littleproud, has announced wool auctions and saleyards are an essential part of the agriculture supply chain.

Some hope returned to the wool market this week with the EMI posting a small gain of 4 cents.

Meat & Livestock Australia has closed all its offices for a month to ride out the coronavirus risk.