Exotic Sheep Breeds in Australia - A Status Report

Australian Sheep & Wool Show 15 - 17 July 2016

The Australian Sheep & Wool Show will be held in Bendigo, Victoria later this month. The Australian Sheep & Wool Show is the largest show of its type in the world. More than 2700 sheep including 25+ breeds are joined by 30,000+ show attendees including...

Dark & Medullated Fibre

Testing service offered by AWTA is targeted at white-wool growers who are attempting to manage contamination from exotic sheep breeds, or who wish to monitor the contamination in lots carrying a high risk of contamination. Two technicians visually...

Research papers

Fibre Contamination Merino Crossbreeding & Objectionable Sheep Fibres - The Problem & Potential Solution Exotic Sheep Breeds in Australia - A Status Report Detection of Pigmented & Medullated Fibre in Core Samples of Commercial Sale Lots from Merino...

Declaration Rates

Property Identification Code (PIC) transmission rates: AWTA stores PICs that are declared by sellers as part of the presale testing process. Only the code is stored in AWTA's database and it remains anonymous as we have no means of identifying or...

Australian Fleece Competition 2015

Entries are now open for the Australian Fleece Competition, to be held as part of the Australian Sheep and Wool Show in Bendigo Victoria 17-19 July 2015. The competition is a joint partnership between Australian Wool Testing Authority, Landmark &...