A wool classer who spent 50 years in shearing sheds around western Queensland says there has been a slow decline in the industry since he started. Loading... Kerry Doyle grew up on a grazing property ...

THE wool sector is calling for an industry-wide push to help attract young people as critical labour shortages continue. A few months after concerns were raised about a shortage of shearers and wool ...

“My mum’s just ‘sheep, sheep, sheep, wool, wool, wool’.” That’s the answer you’ll get if you ask Holly Byrne’s daughter what Holly does for a job, such is the love and passion she has for the industry ...

Tina Elers at work on a classing table at a farm in the Caroline Valley. Photo / Ken Muir For Mataura wool classer Tina Elers, being a wool classer is part of a life-long family journey in the ...

Wool classer Anne-Marie Parcell, of Bannockburn, has received a merino merit award for the clip she classed at Northburn Station, near Cromwell. Photo / Y'vonne O'Hara Wool has always been part of ...

Life skills such as budgeting and self-care will be incorporated in shearer and wool classer qualifications under proposed changes to wool harvesting training programs. Victoria is a digital ...

The sentiments of Mr Blanch have been echoed by Stuart Clayton of Modiano Australia Pty Ltd. “Over the past 5 years the general standard of clip preparation has slowly declined and wool prepared by ...

Holly Byrne believes the social fabric of Victorian shearing sheds has "transformed" in the last decade, opening the door for more women keen to pursue a career in wool.

Barbara Newton quips she was destined to be involved in the sheep industry. After all, the Dunedin woman was born in the Chinese year of the sheep and had an appropriate Christian name. While not from ...

Southern Institute of Technology’s recent appointment of two new tutors with a specialist set of skills ensures the continuation of their qualification, the New Zealand Certificate in Wool Technology ...

The solution from Adilam Technologies and HID Global provides members of the Australian Wool Exchange with a view into the processing and transport of wool for traceability and efficiency. Australia, ...