Wool Broker of the Year 2015

a presentation during the annual Wool Week dinner at ZINC in Melbourne on 27th August 2015. He acknowledged and congratulated all three Finalists. The Award recognises client servicing, auctioneering and/or innovation by wool broker staff who are...

History

same wool industry interests that comprised AWTA as a statutory body formed a public company limited by guarantee, to acquire all assets and liabilities of the statutory body. AWTA Ltd commenced operations on 1st July 1982, when it took over all the...

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Donations to diabetes charity

not supported before, and that benefits rural communities. Diabetes Australia’s media and communications co-ordinator Angela Mallon said the organisation welcomed the support and it was terrific that the fleece competition was awarded during National...

TOPMARK Benchmarking

and the processing performance of wool mills. This relationship is used to compare individual mill batches against the overall pool of data and identify areas where improvements can be made. Participation is very simple, with mills providing AWTA with...

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2018 Australian Wool Industry Medal - Call for Nominations

The Federation of Australian Wool Organisations Inc. (FAWO) is calling for nominations for the 2018 Australian Wool Industry Medal. The Australian Wool Industry Medal (AWIM) recognises men and women who have made an exceptional and sustained...

Australian Fleece Competition 2015

over $14,000. The Grand Champion Fleece receives a travel voucher valued at $2,000. In recent years 190-200 exhibitors from all states have entered between 470-500 fleeces in 15 separate sections ranging from Extra Ultra Fine to Strong Merino, Dohne,...

Seasonal conditions hold back wool production

to retain sheep. The Committee’s first forecast for 2018/19 is for shorn wool production to be 333 mkg greasy, a further fall of 1.7%, due to a combination of slightly lower wool cuts per head and lower number of sheep shorn. This early forecast assumes...

Australian wool production to lift a little in 2017/18

an increase the number of sheep shorn as producers respond to the high wool prices. This will be partly offset by a small fall in the average wool cut per head due to drier seasonal conditions in some regions, notably in Western Australia. The...

Excellent seasonal conditions push Australian wool production higher in 2016/17

in average wool cut per head because of excellent season conditions and an abundance of feed, which more than offsets the small decline expected in the number of sheep shorn. This increase is from the Committee's final estimate of shorn wool production...

NCWSBA Wool Broker Award 2016 Launched

“The objective of the Award is to encourage newer members of the Australian wool broking industry and promote excellence in all aspects of wool broking.” “NCWSBA, through the Award, aims to promote both wool broking and the Australian wool industry as...

IWTO Combined Certificates & OMLs

and measured again as a single test, AWTA provides a service where the tests results of individual sale lots can be arithmetically combined to show the overall average measurements on a single IWTO Combined Certificate. These IWTO Combined Certificates...

Yield & Fibre Diameter

are determined and subtracted in order to obtain the Wool Base. These residual components are: Residual Wool Grease - A small amount of grease is left in the wool after scouring. This amount is determined using Near Infrared Reflection Spectrophotometry...

Statistics

Raw Wool is the largest Wool Test House in the world, and Australia is the world's largest producer of apparel wool. Virtually all wool produced in Australia is now presale tested and AWTA Certificate Database contains all this objectively measured...

Accreditation

Laniere Internationale) was established in 1928 and plays a central role in fostering the development of internationally accepted Test Specifications for raw wool, wool sliver, yarns and fabrics. These include the standards and regulations under which...

Australian wool production forecast to fall in 2018/19 due to tough season

This is a 5.7% decline on the Committee’s shorn wool production estimate of 341 mkg greasy for the 2017/18 season. The fall reflects an expected reduction in both the number of sheep shorn and average wool cuts per head as a result of the dry seasonal...

Candice Cordy wins the 2018 Wool Broker of the Year

Last year, she supported over 50 clients with ram selection and purchases, and classed over 8000 young sheep. She said even small improvements in the performance of a flock can not only improve profitability on-farm, but also provide a boost to a...

Wool for Future Markets

such as microplastics pollution are not considered in ratings that rely solely on life cycle assessment (LCA). Additionally, LCA footprinting should cover a product from cradle to grave. But because it is easier, some ratings use only cradle to gate. As...

Update on Fibre Curvature Measurement

Recently, AWTA Ltd’s Raw Wool Laboratories completed a biennial re calibration of all LASERSCAN, OFDA and Airflow instruments as required by the International Wool Textile Organisation, Interwoollabs and NATA as part of part of our ongoing...

New Contact Details - Sydney

and fax numbers for the AWTA Sydney office have changed. AWTA Sydney Telephone: 02 9632 5463 Fax: 02 9632 1729 Please amend all records.

Australian Wool Production Higher

Chairman, Russell Pattinson said that “as the Committee expected in December, the excellent seasonal conditions in virtually all of the major sheep producing areas of mainland Australia have resulted in higher average wool cuts per head this season....

FAWO Launches Australian Wool Industry Medal

who are tirelessly championing in their industries and regional areas and supporting our national economy. The hard work by all those across the Australian Wool Industry contributes not only to individual businesses but flows out to our communities and...