Balmoral Field Day
Come along on 22 February to the field day at Coleraine in Victoria to view AMSEA trial progeny, including progeny of 50-year old semen frozen in 1968, and hear from a range of speakers including AWI Chairman Colette Garnsey.
Australian Sheep Parasite Survey
If you are a sheep producer, please complete the survey to help researchers address the issues that are currently of greatest importance to you.
AWI AND MLA WOOL AND SHEEPMEAT SURVEY
Contribute to the AWI and MLA wool and sheepmeat survey by 28 February 2019 to be entered into the draw for the chance to win a Caltex StarCash card worth $1,000.
Beyond The Bale - New Issue Out Now
From farm to fashion, the latest issue reports on initiatives to increase the on-farm profitability of Australian woolgrowers and increase the demand for Australian wool.
Breech Flystrike Awareness
With the warm summer months upon us the risk of flystrike is increased. Now is the time to be vigilant in monitoring your sheep for flystrike.
Weathering the drought with regenerative ag
The property of Colin Seis from Gulgong in NSW is handling the drought through his use of perennial grassland and regenerative agricultural practices.
Numnuts numbs nuts (and tails)!
Numnuts is a new device that enables sheep producers to castrate and tail-dock their lambs with rubber rings while also injecting a local anaesthetic at the same application.
AWI-funded shearer training at Tambo
An AWI-funded shearing and wool handling school held at Tambo in Central West Queensland in August proved very popular.
Woolgrowers donate 100 years of Baggy Greens
AWI Chairman Ms Colette Garnsey OAM has handed Cricket Australia Chairman Earl Eddings the next era of baggy green cloth.
WOOLMARK BALE STENCIL
AWI and The Woolmark Company are offering Australian woolgrowers a free stencil of the Woolmark logo for use on their wool bales, to identify and brand their wool fibre as being proudly grown in Australia.
100% Merino high performance jacket
Experience a unique 100% Merino jacket that is resistant to water and wind – available to woolgrowers to purchase online now at a SPECIAL OFFER price of just $185.
REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE IMPLEMENTATION
View the progress being made by AWI to implement the 82 recommendation items in the 2015-2018 independent Review of Performance report.
AWI Drought Resources
With parts of southern Australia receiving below average rainfall, available to woolgrowers are AWI’s drought management resources.
MERINO LIFETIME PRODUCTIVITY
The project is designed to capture lifetime data across diverse environments and Merino types to help better understand and deliver Merino ewe lifetime performance outcomes for the industry.
