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Italian company honours Victorian growers for 'unwavering dedication to wool'
A Victorian farming family has been presented with a prestigious award from a major Italian wool processor.
Superfine Merino rams in demand at Pomanara
Superfine Merino rams sold to a top of $3200 a head during the 36th Annual Superfine Pomanara Stud Ram Sale last Friday.
Top-price ram from Hillcreston Park Merinos destined for Victoria
Repeat buyers showed their support for Danny and Megan Picker's Hillcreston Park Merino ram sale, near Bigga, on Monday, with the top ram destined for Victoria.
Rowbottoms’ world record 9.4 micron fleece wins Zegna award
VICTORIAN ultrafine wool growers David and Susan Rowbottom have won the prestigious Zegna Vellus Aureum Trophy for the seventh time with a new world record 9.4 micron fleece.
Australian wool joins the fight against Motor Neurone Disease
AUSTRALIAN wool growers have joined the fight against the life-crippling Motor Neurone Disease with the sale of the first ever pure Merino FightMND scarves.
Kingston produces 1PP bale amid positive wool sale signs
TASMANIAN premier Merino wool operation Kingston Superfine and more confident auction sentiments provided some positive points in the wool market this week.
Australian Superfine Wool Growers' Association national president Mark Waters says shearer shortages, fly treatments and drench conditions all are challenges for superfine wool growers
A number of leading figures in the superfine wool industry say there is major potential for better quality in wool in the future, but major challenges like work shortages continue to hinder the local industry.
Suit sales rush good news for wool industry
Fine wool prices have rebounded from a pandemic low of $8 a kilogram, but is the suit-buying rush enough to revive the industry?
Wool sustainability set to bring investment
A STRONGER commitment to excellence and sustainability would lead to more brands considering direct investment in superfine wool-growing farms, Australian growers were told at the weekend.
Ultrafine fleece features in Zegna wool award winners
AUSTRALIA’S top superfine wool growers celebrated their farms’ best efforts at the weekend, led by a world-best 9.8 micron fleece from Victoria and a 15 micron bale from New South Wales.
In the 58th Ermenegildo Zegna Wool Awards presented at Ararat, Victorian producers Brad and Melissa Sandlant won the prestigious Zegna Vellus Aureum Trophy for the first time with a shedded 9.8 micron fleece weighing about 1.1 kilograms.
Rowensville ultrafine wool tops buoyant auction market
NON-MULESED ultrafine Merino wool sold for up 9000c/kg for south-west Victorian growers this week in the highest Australian auction prices paid for several years.
Ermenegildo Zegna fine fleece competitions open for 2022
The prestigious Ermenegildo Zegna fleece competitions have opened for entries for 2022, marking the return of the awards following a hiatus due to the impacts of COVID-19.
The Superfine Wool Trophy and the Vellus Aureum Trophy celebrate Australia's best superfine and ultrafine wool, supporting growers in their quest to produce the finest fleeces.
Passion gives Tarrington wool artists a trio of 1PP superfine bales
PRODUCING excellent superfine Merino wool is an art, a passion and a livelihood for the Linke family at their Glenholme property at Tarrington in Victoria’s south-west.
This week the Linkes – Everard and his wife Marilyn, and son Matthew – offered their first trio of 1PP bales in Melbourne, prepared to their exacting standards of consistency in quality, diameter, length, tensile strength and yield.
Glen Stuart Merinos takes home Australian Superfine Wool Growers' Association grand champion fleece
A Tasmanian stud has been awarded the grand champion fleece in the Australian Superfine Wool Growers' Association 2020-21 competition.
Carol and Allan Phillips, Glen Stuart Merinos, won with a score of 98.1.
Carol and Allan Phillips have won the Zegna Superfine Wool Trophy
A Tasmanian wool operation has won the country’s most prestigious superfine wool award.
Deddington wool growers Carol and Allan Philips have been named as the winners of this year’s Ermenegildo Zegna Superfine Wool Trophy.
Vic, Tassie and NSW growers dominate the Zegna awards
David and Susan Rowbottom from Rowensville, St Helens, in south-west Victoria, have added a sixth Vellus Aureum Trophy for producing the finest Merino fleece in the world.
Their winning 10.6 micron wether fleece weighed 0.86kg and scored 89.60 points.
The Rowbottoms, who have also finished second in the competition four times, run 3000 Merinos including a flock of between 600 and 700 special ultrafines.
Duncan and Jess Barber named The Weekly Times Coles 2019 Sheep Farmer of the Year
DUNCAN and Jess Barber’s traditional sheep enterprise has hit perfect harmony.
Using a slow and steady expansion strategy over the past 15 years, the couple has invested in a quartet of properties, multiplied sheep numbers, boosted their wool’s quality and strength, all while doubling production volume.
M.J. Bale is about to start a year-long science experiment
The 116-year-old conservationist-led farm, Kingston, will be secured as a supplier for the brand.
The agreement includes the exclusive supply of Kingston superfine 16-micron Merino wool for the brand’s ‘single-source’ suits, blazers and ties.
Raise wool prices and lower costs if you want to boost Merino numbers
BETTER PLANNING: Noel Henderson says Australian Wool Innovation needs to have a long-term strategic plan for improved marketing and research outcomes.
Noel Henderson says the current Australian Wool Innovation board doesn't want change and a renewal is needed.
Fourth generation Saxon flock family wins VBC wool award
CENTRAL Victorian Saxon Merino flock Coliban Park has won the prestigious annual Vitale Barberis Canonico Wool Excellence Award for the first time.
VBC principal Alberto Barberis Canonico and the company’s raw procurement manager Davide Fontaneto presented Duncan and Jess Barber, and their son Jack, with the award at The Prince Deck Melbourne last night.