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AWEX EMI 1167 -5
Micron 17 1748n -29
Micron 18 1558 -19
Micron 19 1426 -11
Micron 20 1336 -25
Micron 21 1322 -16
Micron 22 1296 -6
Micron 25 698n -1
Micron 26 530 +2
Micron 28 357 -3
Micron 30 342 -5
Micron 32 300 -
MCar 742 +7

Biological defleecing: The next generation

Episode 218 - June 16, 2022

Join General Manager, Research at AWI, Dr Jane Littlejohn who talks to Emily King about a new opportunity for biological defleecing using the zein class of protein. It allows for the wool production to be weakened but not completely stopped, thus keeping the wool on the sheep to be harvested in potentially new and more automated way. Jane also discusses the suite of research work at AWI.