Latest news

September 2008

26 Sep - Half of all '08 lambs will not be mulesed (The Land - online, new window)

25 Sep - MerinoCool™ - year-round comfort that’s lightweight and versatile (AWI website, new window)

25 Sep - MerinoFresh™ delivers easy-to-care shower freshness (AWI website, new window)

22 Sep - Shower suit cleans up in Japan for AWI (AWI website, new window)

19 Sep - Woolmark brand revitalisation - USA embraces Merino (AWI website, new window)

17 Sep - Road to 2010 Forums

9 Sep - 'Painless' version of mulesing close (The Sydney Morning Herald online, new window)

8 Sep - New flystrike treatments leave no open wound

4 Sep - A staged appearance (141Kb pdf, new window)

August 2008

29 Aug - Jabs new hope in mulesing row (The West Australia online, new window)

28 Aug - Non-mulesed - more work but worth it (75Kb pdf, new window)

21 Aug - AWI weeks away from alternative (56Kb pdf, new window)

21 Aug - Fashion very serious to rugby players (485Kb pdf, new window)

21 Aug - Grower promotion praised (141Kb pdf, new window)

15 Aug - Trial results support genetic alternative to mulesing (345Kb pdf, new window)

15 Aug - Bare-breech trait proving highly heritable (390Kb pdf, new window)

14 Aug - Merinos are back (496Kb pdf, new window)

14 Aug - Merino the main game for AWI (370Kb pdf, new window)

7 Aug - New positives for wool (53Kb pdf, new window)

5 Aug - Wool supply reality thwarts PETA's mulesing battle (online: ABC Rural Victoria, new window)

5 Aug - Wool growers secure US and UK retail support (online: ABC Rural, new window)

July 2008

29 Jul - Life after mulesing (online: Yorke Peninsula Country Times, new window)

24 Jul - Catwalks fashion wool's soul (117Kb pdf, new window)

17 Jul - SA Merino breeders commit to 2010 deadline (75Kb pdf, new window)

17 Jul - Processors back Aust woolgrowers (106Kb pdf, new window)

17 Jul - World's processors back Australian mulesing fight (117Kb pdf, new window)

14 Jul - Formal trials demonstrate flystrike Clips ‘on track’ for 2010

14 Jul - Industry set to move on to a new era in flystrike management

14 Jul - Clipping a viable alternative

14 Jul - No time to back away from 2010

10 Jul - Take pick of mulesing alternatives (532Kb pdf, new window)

4 Jul - Shanghai fashion designer, Qiu Hao wins prestigious Woolmark Prize Award in Paris

 

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