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 ...

For Matt, who grew up on a sheep property at Mudgee, NSW and is the seventh generation to be involved in farming, the win recognised his commitment to the sheep industry and his current role as a wool ...

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 ...

Award-winning wool classer Sharon Lawton's Glenbrook Station entry on display at the 2024 Wānaka A&P Show. Te Kauwhata-based wool classer Sharon Lawton received 98.5 points – out of 100 – for her ...

ABOUT 15 years ago Kylee Tindale-Smith could be found in the shearing sheds of Quilpie working as a wool classer.

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 wool sector does not immediately come to mind when discussing digital transformation, yet the wool industry has a supply chain that matches many other sectors in terms of its complexity and in ...