Down cycle extended by pandemic
After trending lower for 18 months, wool prices would normally start to look for reasons to stabilise. That appeared to be the case in late
After trending lower for 18 months, wool prices would normally start to look for reasons to stabilise. That appeared to be the case in late
Last week the Australian dollar dropped by over 4 cents in one day against the US dollar, a classic reaction to turbulent events around the
The greasy wool market fell heavily early in the season, reaching a low point at the end of August/beginning of September. While down cycles vary
Wool specifications reflect the seasonal conditions when it was growing in the sheep’s back. As a consequence, wool specifications are pushed backwards and forwards in
The dry spring (in many eastern regions) has kept the pressure up on adult sheep sales to abattoirs in 2019. This article takes a look
Official flock projections, like many projections, usually assume an increase in flock size as the recent MLA sheep industry projections do. Hopefully, these projections are
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