Wool

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Wool bales
Market Comment

Market softens overall

The wool market softened this week overall with AWEX reporting the skirting market was the strongest performing sector for the week, especially those with less

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Market Analysis

Percentiles – February 2022

Mecardo’s Percentiles update for February 2022. Click below to view the latest report Grains Oilseeds Sheep and lambs Cattle Wool Dairy Fuel Percentiles are an important

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Shearing merino sheep
Market Comment

Big offering, mixed results

This week saw the largest offering since August last year, with ‘plenty of stylish wool’ on offer according to AWEX. It also included a special

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sheep and lambs in yard
Market Analysis

Australian wool clip profile

Last month Mecardo looked at ABARES data which provided a profile of the Australian sheep flock, broken into four size categories. In this article ABARES

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Wool on ground
Market Analysis

To hedge or not

Merino wool prices are trading at good levels and there are economic storm clouds on the horizon in the form of interest rates and political

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Research: Analysis of the Australian sheep flock

In this report for LiveCorp and MLA, we analysed the historical trends in the demographics of the Australian sheep flock, examining domestic factors that influence farm-level enterprise decision making. 

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