Victoria Nugent

Proponents of the soft rolling skin Merino breeding concept say say they have moved on from the mulesing debate and the future of the approach lies in focusing on fertility.

A Tasmanian sheep dairy has created a line of sheep's milk skin care products to value add to their business.

Clayton and Polly South say breeding the best possible flock on their property at Wagin, WA, means making the most of available technology.

When Anne Cooper began wool classing in Western Queensland back in the 1980s, a woman in the sheds was not a common sight.

An innovative business using waste wool to create a thermal packaging alternative to polystyrene has turned its sights towards getting wool processing back on Australian shores.

Australian Sheep and Wool Show organisers are crying out for government assistance after the eleventh hour cancellation of the event in Bendigo due to the Victorian lockdown.

Another major sheep industry event has had to be cancelled due to the latest COVID-19 outbreak, with Sheep Connect called off due to uncertainty around Victoria's lockdown.

The prestigious Ermenegildo Zegna fleece competitions have opened for entries for 2022, marking the return of the awards following a hiatus due to the impacts of COVID-19.

Retailer M.J. Bale's pioneering commercial trial to create carbon neutral wool has finished, with the wool produced set to be made into a special knitwear line.

For NSW producers Leo and Vanessa Herbert, Gundagai Meat Processors' world-first lamb grid paying producers on lean meat yield, weight and intramuscular fat is a natural progression for the industry.