Research Opportunity
Autumn lambing season is nearly upon us! Are you looking to increase your lamb survival rates? This new R&D Project from AWI, MLA, Charles Sturt and Murdoch Universities may be of interest to your sheep enterprise.

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Project outline and key contacts - CLICK HERE

AWI Change Makers - Wean to manage - now online!

Sheep Connect NSW has a large bank of online resources available on a range of topics.

Survey – We want to hear from you on the future of the Australian wool industry

AWI’s Woolgrower Consultation Group (WCG) is seeking your participation in an online survey.
Don't miss your opportunity to provide input - survey closes later ...

The popular Sheep Connect NSW webinar series will kick back off on 23rd July.

This year, due to restrictions, the Graham Centre Livestock Forum is going online and registrations are now open!

Are you receiving our emails? If not, check your spam/junk email folder.

The triannual AWI/MLA wool and sheepmeat survey is now open. All producers are encouraged to participate!

Sheep Connect NSW now has a podcast! We're working to keep you up to date on the latest in all things sheep - and our brand new podcast is another way of sending information to our members!
Why not subscribe today?

Sheep Connect NSW is adapting to the current changing environment in order to keep delivering information for your business.

Starting this Tuesday, 24 March 2020, a series of webinars have been scheduled for livestock producers - offering practical tips to help rebuild on the back of the recent bushfires, drought, floods and storms.

WEBINAR SERIES FLIER

Drought recovery, improved flock reproduction, new strategies to address blowfly chemical resistance and sheep classing are on the agenda for the Macquarie Merino Lifetime Productivity (MLP) project field day at the Trangie Agricultural Research C...

Media Release

Sheep Connect NSW is calling for Expressions of Interest from individuals who would like to apply to be on the SCNSW Producer Advisory Panel. EOI's close Friday 21st February 2020.

Rain forecast looks promising - here are a few tips to ensure that you are prepared for the event, and possible weeks following.

Management of fire affected livestock - key contacts, webinar recording.

AWI has produced a menu outlining where you can access information and resources that are relevant to your business.

Sheep Connect NSW Drought resources are available online.

The AWI and MLA Wool and Sheep Meat survey is open - reminder to participate, CLOSING SOON!

Thursday, 10 October 2019
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) is putting the call out to the future breeding leaders of the wool industry to nominate for AWI’s biennial Breeding Leadership course.

If you are not scanning for multiples in your ewes, then this article will provide insight into the practicalities and the case for adopting this practice.

Applications for Breeding Leadership 2020 are now open!

AWI's podcast The Yarn celebrates its 100th Episode!

Issue 80 of Beyond the Bale is now available online, and on its way to your mailboxes.

SURVEY CLOSING SOON! This survey is still open, and UNE student Jazmine Hobbs is seeking your valuable input. Please help her out if you can.

RAMping Up Repro workshops are the ideal workshop to hone your skills in best practice management of the ram team - this is especially important as ram buying season approaches.

Friday, 16 August 2019
The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that Australian shorn wool production for 2018/19 will reach 298 mkg greasy. This is a 12.6% decline from the lev

Sheep Connect NSW is currently listing several of our flagship events, with more set to be listed in coming days.
The highly regarded RAMping Up Repro and Winning With Weaners workshops are being staged throughout the state, and producers are en...

Friday, 26 July 2019
The independent process to appoint an industry representative on Australian Wool Innovation’s (AWI) board nomination committee has been conducted with Simon Cameron, a Tasmanian

Tuesday, 23 July 2019
AWI is working to lift the baa on shearing shed safety during Farm Safety Week, as one of nine RDCs collaborating as part of the Rural Safety & Health Alliance’s (RSHA) Research

A short film series showcasing mixed farming operations in southern New South Wales will be launched by Sheep Connect NSW at the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation’s Livestock Forum in Wagga Wagga on July 26th 2019.

Tuesday, 09 July 2019
AWI Chief Executive Officer Stuart McCullough said it had been a busy year for AWI – the not-for-profit company owned by Australia’s woolgrowers – with the business focussed on

Tuesday, 02 July 2019
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) has announced a new, enhanced industry consultation model to provide woolgrowers valuable input into the organisation’s priorities and give them

The Macquarie Merino Lifetime Productivity (MLP) project field day, will be held at NSW Department of Primary Industries' (DPI) Trangie Agricultural Research Centre, on Wednesday 10th July starting at 10:30 am. This field day will feature the ewe ...

The latest edition of Beyond the Bale is now available online and in hard copy.

Listing your event on our website is a simple process that you can do and increase the coverage of promotion of your event. SCNSW will happily list third parties' events on our website for our members to view.

Monday, 27 May 2019
161 students from around the country have enjoyed a weekend of wool industry education, demonstrations, presentations and a series of mini challenges at the 2019 National Merino C

Friday, 05 April 2019
The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that Australian shorn wool production for 2018/19 will reach 298 mkg greasy. This is a 12.6% decline from the leve

The impact of ram selection on wool, carcase and fertility traits will be under the spotlight at the Merino Lifetime Productivity Project field day in March.

MerinoLink will host the field day on March 15 at “The Vale”, Temora, showcasing the l...

Wednesday, 20 February 2019

The world’s oldest frozen ram semen in existence is still swimming strong achieving high fertility rates when thawed and inseminated as part of the 2018 Balmoral Merino S

Contribute to the forecasting of what the wool and sheepmeat industry is doing by participating in the Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) and Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) wool and sheepmeat survey. The survey is now open, and will be open unt...

Sheep producers are being urged to participate in a national survey that could change the way the industry manages parasites including worms, flies and lice.

Friday, 07 December 2018
Australian Wool Innovation Chairman Ms Colette Garnsey OAM has handed Cricket Australia Chairman Earl Eddings the next era of baggy green cloth, enough to cap the next 100 ye

Tuesday, 04 December 2018
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) has announced a $2.5 million investment in flystrike vaccine investigation.
The $2.5 million four-year research investment is a collaboratio

Friday, 23 November 2018
Newly appointed Australian Wool Innovation chairman Colette Garnsey (OAM) has signalled a new era for the peak wool industry body, telling shareholders the company is committ

Friday, 16 November 2018
Australian woolgrowers have voted in favour of a wool levy of 1.5 per cent on wool sales to fund research, development and marketing of the natural fibre.
The result was dete

Friday, 16 November 2018

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s updated forecast of shorn wool production in 2018/19 is 305 mkg greasy, down by 10.8% from 2017/18.
Continuing dry con

The researchers conducting the lambing density project have a brief questionnaire that will help them understand current feeding regimes, and where further knowledge is required.

EXCITING TIMES!!!
We have started planning the next three years of the network and its activities and we want to know what you think of Sheep Connect NSW and our activities over the past two and a half years.....
So, we have asked our friends at...

Thursday, 18 October 2018
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) has announced the appointment of Nigel Gosse to the newly created role of General Manager Operations.
AWI CEO Stuart McCullough welcomed Nig

Merino Superior Sires 24, the annual publication of the Australian Merino Sire Evaluation Association (AMSEA) for 2018, has been released onto the Merino Superior Sires website and is now available.

Monday, 15 October 2018
AWI is cautioning eligible levy payers to strongly consider their vote at WoolPoll, given the recent significant decrease in wool production anticipated in the coming seasons

The continuing productivity improvements in the Australian wool and sheepmeat industries highlight the importance of monitoring production and producer intentions, assisting producers to make more efficient decisions based on data and evidence. Th...

Understanding and maximising lifetime performance is critical to increasing productivity and profits for woolgrowers.
The Merino Lifetime Productivity (MLP) project has been designed to capture lifetime data from diverse environments, genetics an...

Leading Australian activewear label P.E Nation has released a Merino wool womenswear collection, offering the best sportswear on the market today.

3.1 Phillip Lim’s Fall/Winter collection has hit the stores, with the designer’s collaboration with The Woolmark Company coming to fruition.

Tuesday, 02 October 2018
He may be far away from wool-growing properties in Australia but His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales has the challenges facing woolgrowers in his thoughts, writing to all

NSW LOCAL LAND SERVICES
Central West LLS
Coonamble: Jillian Kelly, DV (jillian.kelly@lls.nsw.gov.au)
Drought conditions continue in the Coonamble district with very patchy to no rain received. The va

Tuesday, 04 September 2018
Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) are important keys to the future of the wool industry and Australian Wool Innovation Limited (AWI) has announced it will this yea

Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI), in collaboration with neXtgen Agri Ltd and the University of Sydney will investigate the potential of applying artificial intelligence (AI) i

Armidale: Rad Nielsen, Veterinary Health Research (rnielsen@invetus.com)
NSW LOCAL LAND SERVICES
Central West LLS
Coonamble: Jillian Kelly, DV (jillian.kelly@lls.nsw.gov.au)
Conditions are incredibly

Friday, 24 August 2018
The Inaugural Nanshan Wool Supremacy award winners have been announced with Max and Chris Price from Glenwood in Cavendish, Victoria and Max and Coral Caldwell from Barkers Lak

Monday, 20 August 2018
Today, the 2018 WoolPoll Panel and Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) have launched WoolPoll 2018, the opportunity woolgrowers have every three years to vote on the levy rate to

Friday, 17 August 2018
The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee’s updated forecast of shorn wool production in 2018/19 is 322 mkg greasy, down by 5.7% from 2017/18. The continuing dry con

Friday, 17 August 2018
Today, AWI unveiled the next phase of its WoolQ online platform releasing three new features - the Industry Network Forum, My WoolQ and Ready Reckoner. Launched in March 2018,

Wool Poll 2018 is fast approaching.
Every three years, Australian woolgrowers determine the future level of funding for research & development and marketing through Australian Wool Innovation (AWI).

Friday, 03 August 2018
Automation could be the way of the future for shearing sheds
Automated shearing could be the way of the future for shearing sheds around Australia following the launch of an Au

Wednesday, 01 August 2018
West Coast Eagles captain Shannon Hurn has joined Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe as part of the Australian Wool Innovation Fibre of Football campaign. Photographed with some pri

NSW LOCAL LAND SERVICES
Coonamble: Jillian Kelly, DV (jillian.kelly@lls.nsw.gov.au)
Recent weeks have seen incidences of disease (such as pneumonia) in concurrence with energy and protein deficiency

Summary of the report of the independent review of AWI’s performance, by EY. The government requires AWI to have an independent review of performance conducted every three years. The Government took the lead in contracting and managing the indepen...

NSW LOCAL LAND SERVICES
Central West LLS
Coonamble: Jillian Kelly, DV (jillian.kelly@lls.nsw.gov.au)
The drought has worsened and almost all stock are being fully hand fed in the Coonamble district. 

Tuesday, 03 July 2018
The Woolmark Company has joined the World Surf League (WSL) family, partnering with the Championship Tour (CT) to showcase an exclusive range of lifestyle and performance garmen

Tuesday, 03 July 2018
Detailed guidance to help livestock producers manage the impacts of subterranean clover Red Leaf syndrome has been released, following recent outbreaks of the syndrome and assoc

Tuesday, 19 June 2018
To help woolgrowers get the most from their rams, Australian Wool Innovation (AWI), in partnership with Zoetis, has developed a new, hands-on workshop called RAMping Up Repro. T

Friday, 15 June 2018
One of the sheep industry’s most popular extension and adoption programs, It’s Ewe Time, returns in July and August, designed to increase producer awareness of the principles, pr

Friday, 15 June 2018
In 2018, the Australian wool industry is celebrating more than 50 years of successful wool trade to China - a relationship that has established China as Australia’s largest custo

Tuesday, 05 June 2018
Grassroots coding in the wool industry is the winning idea for Australian Wool Innovation’s 2018 Tech eChallenge. Fending off a number of innovative business ideas that addresse

Articles in this edition include: Wild Dog Alert; Mob size affects lamb survival; A young champion championing wool; Pain relief research for mulesing; Westfield promotes wool this winter; Boston’s Merino Marathon with adidas; Rising tide of micro...

NSW LOCAL LAND SERVICES
Central West LLS
Coonamble: Jillian Kelly, DV (jillian.kelly@lls.nsw.gov.au)
Sheep
The extremely dry conditions have meant that sheep worms are not a big issue. Very few WormT

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Monday, 21 May 2018
Australia’s iconic wool industry will once again be in the spotlight as woolgrowers, fashion designers, retailers and consumers unite to celebrate The Woolmark Company’s Wool Week

Monday, 21 May 2018
Australian students from five states have enjoyed a weekend of wool industry education, skills and introductions at the 2018 National Merino Challenge (NMC). Now it its sixth year

Thursday, 17 May 2018
Research into the role of calcium and magnesium is looking to boost ewe health and increase lamb survival. Funded by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) and conducted by the Graham

Wednesday, 16 May 2018

This week Country Road launched its Australian Traceable Merino Collection, which includes 29,000 units of traceable wool across its men and women’s ranges. The wool used in t

Tuesday, 15 May 2018
Australia’s longest-serving Woolmark licensee, Sportscraft has produced a stunning winter campaign centred around Australian Merino wool and the origins of the natural fibre. Wit

Friday, 11 May 2018
A new mini-documentary by sustainability ambassador Livia Firth, Founder and Creative Director of Eco-Age, highlights a selection of Australian wool growing properties, examining

Tuesday, 08 May 2018
With many wool-growing regions across Australia still waiting for or missing significant rainfall to produce valuable winter feed, Australian Wool Innovation is reminding sheep p

Friday, 04 May 2018

Breakthrough research into foetal ageing at scanning may lead to a better managed lambing and improved lamb survival.

Dr Kim Bunter of the University of New England was th

Webinar recording featuring Geoff Duddy speaking about confinement feeding sheep - what you need to know to get it right - plus a link to the managing sheep in droughtlots publication.

Monday, 23 April 2018

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) in partnership with Soils For Life (SFL), has established a long-term project to collect evidence on trends in production and environmental per

Hamilton: Andrew Whale, Livestock Logic (a.whale@livestocklogic.com.au)
Livestock Logic advises that

seasonal conditions over the last few months have been good for reducing worm contamination issue

NSW LOCAL LAND SERVICES
Coonamble: Jillian Kelly, DV (jillian.kelly@lls.nsw.gov.au)
Sheep
Again this month sheep worm counts in the Coonamble area remain low due to the ongoing dry conditions. 
Cattl

Tuesday, 10 April 2018

A trial testing different drench resistance test methods is currently under way. Funded by AWI and conducted by Dawbuts, the free trial is now calling for woolgrowers to get i

Wednesday, 18 April 2018
The Woolmark Company (TWC) has joined forces with one of the most influential global sportswear brands and the world’s most prestigious marathon event. A three-year, three-wa

Friday, 20 April 2018

The Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee forecasts that Australian shorn wool production in 2017/18 will reach 338 mkg greasy. This is a 0.6% decline

Wool approaches the finish line at Boston Marathon as four first-time runners test and try nature’s miracle fibre.

The Woolmark Company and adidas partner to launch a design competition focussing on the development of innovative products for the performance industry.

Thursday, 25 January 2018
The project that combines our national game with our natural fibre has started by scoring strongly with over 100 donations of Australian wool from generous woolgrowers from

Tuesday, 30 January 2018

 
Every three years, Australian woolgrowers set the future funding level of their wool research, development and marketing body through WoolPoll.
Federal government regulati

Wednesday, 10 January 2018
Matthew Miller and Bodice - from the British Isles and India - were today announced the winners of the menswear and womenswear 2017/2018 International Woolmark Prize, prese

Matthew Miller, Bodice and DYNE have won the 2017/2018 International Woolmark Prize at a special event during Pitti Uomo in Florence.

Pitti Uomo 93 was an exhilarating mix of traditional high-quality men’s fashion, from cutting-edge design, hand-crafted accessories and edgy urban collections.

NSW LOCAL LAND SERVICES
Central West LLS
Coonabarabran: Alix Ferguson, DV (alix.ferguson@lls.nsw.gov.au)
Strongyle-type worm egg counts ranging from 16–2208 eggs per gram were reported from submissio

Articles in this edition include: Flock to Baggy Green project; Merino Lifetime Productivity project update; Returning to the family farm; Wild dog exclusion fencing guide; Merino sets sail around the world; Campaign for Wool marks eighth annivers...

Friday, 01 December 2017
Australia's wool industry is showing its love for Australian cricket as part of Flock to Baggy Green, a joint initiative between The Woolmark Company, Kookaburra, and Cricket