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25.01.2022 Our Health & Welfare Committee are tackled a big agenda in Canberra yesterday! Great presentations from Australian Wool Innovation & Meat & Livestock Australia on their R,D&E in the health and welfare (wellbeing) space informing robust discussions.

24.01.2022 WPA calls on all AWI shareholders to vote in this year's AWI director elections and urges voters to carefully consider the four motions when casting your vote. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2NKfxTo

23.01.2022 COVID-19 impact on woolgrowers findings released today. COVID has reduced incomes; farm inputs and labour difficult to access; & declines in wool price seeing many growers withhold or withdraw their wool from sale, reducing cashflow. https://bit.ly/3i8vX6t

23.01.2022 WoolProducers Director, Matt Bartlett, appeared on the @abc730 Report last night, which featured a segment on the forecast drop in the national sheep flock to numbers not seen since the early 1900s. View the segment here https://ab.co/2XAcaX8

23.01.2022 Producers are encouraged to have their say on the National Wild Dog Action Plan review by completing this communications survey! The survey seeks to understand how people are getting communications and information about the NWDAP. Take the survey now at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NWDAP

23.01.2022 Happy National Ag Day! Join WoolProducers in celebrating wools contribution to our fantastic industry and would love anyone involved in #wool to join the celebrations! #AgDayAU

21.01.2022 WoolProducers Australia welcomes the newly sworn in Liberal-National Coalition Government, which features impressive representatives for rural Australia in key portfolios: https://bit.ly/30NPK2u

21.01.2022 Cascade learning is a key outcome of Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Eufmd Friends real-time Foot & Mouth Disease training in Nepal. Jo Treasure from Cowra, NSW was sponsored to attend by WoolProducers and yesterday updated our Health & Welfare Committee on her key learnings. NSW Farmers NSW Young Farmers

20.01.2022 How will incumbent AWI directors seeking re-election maintain growers' rights to continue mulesing given AWI's approach for >10yrs is culminating in loss of markets for mulesed wool, & premiums are being received for non-mulesed wool? Read more: https://bit.ly/2JLIZr7

20.01.2022 WoolProducers welcomes AWEX's announcement regarding the National Wool Declaration, with mulesing and non-mulesing definitions remaining unchanged, improved clarity of ceased mulesing, and the replacement of PR with AA. Read more: https://bit.ly/3avgCZx

20.01.2022 Were working to keep you safe during these uncertain times. If youre operating or working in a shearing shed, its important you follow these industry #COVID19 protocols to minimise the risk to you and your colleagues

20.01.2022 Keep up to date with WoolProducers Australia by reading our April President's Report! You can find the report and subscribe to receive it directly in your inbox each month here: https://bit.ly/2z55STY

18.01.2022 MEDIA RELEASE: @WoolProducers has selected seven people from the wool industry to undertake our 2019 Raising the Baa - Leadership in Agriculture program. Read more about our participants here! https://bit.ly/2MrzDoh

18.01.2022 Volatility will continue to feature in the wool market: insights from WoolProducers Australia following the 31st Nanjing Wool Market Conference in Qufu, China on 21 & 22 September. Read more: https://bit.ly/2kZIe4I

17.01.2022 WoolProducers met the UK Red Meat delegation over lunch hosted by Her Excellency Vicki Treadell, British High Commissioner. Exciting opportunities exist for bilateral agricultural partnerships and theres much we can learn from each other across policy areas

16.01.2022 Growers that haven't yet voted in this year's AWI director elections have your say! Vote online by 10am Wednesday 20 November. To address issues around mulesing WPA encourages growers vote Holmes, Hocking-Edwards & Henderson. https://bit.ly/2NyHsXC

16.01.2022 WoolProducers Australia, is urging sheep producers who are purchasing stock to ensure the biosecurity credentials of the animals before receival by asking for a Sheep Health Declaration with every purchase https://bit.ly/38L3PUR Australian Wool Innovation Meat and Livestock Australia Animal Health Australia Sheep Producers Australia

15.01.2022 Are you passionate about the future of Australian agriculture?! Then the National Farmers' Federation have the perfect program for you! Hit the link for more information...

15.01.2022 Are you a farmer, young scientist, researcher, innovator, extension officer or adviser with a great idea to take the wool industry forward? Apply for a Science and Innovation Award of up to $22,000. Applications close 2 October 2020.

15.01.2022 Don’t miss out on registering for the upcoming MLP update!

14.01.2022 WoolProducers Australia is a key stakeholder in the National Wild Dog Action Plan- but what is it and what does it do for producers? Learn more from this latest AWI podcast A Plan for Predators https://bit.ly/2xStk6s

14.01.2022 WoolProducers announced as recipient of @DeptAgNews Traceability Grant to review traceability systems used throughout the entire wool industry pipeline, identify gaps & weaknesses in traceability, & recommend improvements traceability systems for wool https://bit.ly/2ZK6NCQ

13.01.2022 Applications are open to attend a Foot and Mouth Disease training course, co-funded by WoolProducers Australia and the Australian Department of Agriculture in Nepal from 25-29 November. For more information, follow this link https://bit.ly/2Zcq5i7

13.01.2022 Have you got your copy of the newly released Meat & Livestock Australia 'Fit to Load' guide? Head to mla.com.au to get your updated copy, which helps producers, agents, buyers and transporters decide if an animal is fit to be loaded for transport by road or rail.

12.01.2022 WoolProducers sits on the National Wild Dog Coordination Committee which oversees the #NationalWildDogActionPlan, a strategy that ensures Australian producers have best practice management tools & advice to minimise impacts on livestock. Learn more here https://bit.ly/38YcPTE

11.01.2022 WoolProducers Australia has questioned the transparency and independence of the AWI board director nomination process, following the announcement of the four recommended candidates from the Board Nomination Committee (BNC) today. Read more here: https://bit.ly/32dyK69

08.01.2022 Have your say! We are seeking to understand the impacts COVID-19 may be having on wool growing businesses. The survey is anonymous, takes less than 10mins to complete, & can be found on our COVID-19 webpage https://bit.ly/2ycQzsl (photo credit Philippe Strehle)

08.01.2022 WoolProducers congratulates David Littleproud MP on his appointment as Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management. Read more here: https://bit.ly/39nd1vR

07.01.2022 Last week the WoolProducers Health and Welfare Advisory Committee received and update from Sally Martin Consulting on genetic tools and trends relating to the management of breech flystrike. It's fantastic to see progress being made in improving genetic traits such as Early Breech Wrinkle (EBRW). Australian Wool Innovation Meat & Livestock Australia Animal Health Australia Sheep Producers Australia

06.01.2022 Were working to keep the #wool industry running through #COVID19. Visit the COVID19 page WoolProducers.com.au for the latest industry-specific advice and information

06.01.2022 WoolProducers has been working to keep the industry able to continue to produce, harvest & transact wool for the longest time possible when many stakeholders are anxious and uncertain about the future. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2Jux7sN

06.01.2022 WoolProducers, Sheep Producers Australia, Australian Wool Innovation & Meat & Livestock Australia are developing a Sheep Sustainability Framework to improve transparency and build trust with the Australian community by aligning industry practices and community expectations. Read more: bit.ly/2YgRxyI

05.01.2022 Watch this great new video - Using Muzzles for Working Dog Safety - https://bit.ly/2QJuaIY #Wilddogs and #foxes combined are estimated to cost Australian agriculture more than $100 million a year, yet some producers fearing for their #workingdogs safety dont bait. There is a way.... Watch leading working dog trainer Joe Spicer, of GoGetta Kelpie Stud in Victoria, share his advice and methods for training dogs to wear muzzles and work effectively with stock while keeping them safe during baiting campaigns in this video, Using Muzzles for Working Dog Safety. Created by the National Wild Dog Action Plan and the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions, with funding support from WoolProducers Australia, Sheep Producers Australia, Animal Health Australia and Local Land Services NSW.

05.01.2022 WPA encourages AWI shareholders to drive change at the AWI board level by voting for Holmes, Hocking-Edwards & Henderson in this year's AWI director elections, & not to leave proxies undirected. Read more here: https://bit.ly/36t262R

04.01.2022 Positive advocacy in the first sitting week of the year at the Agriculture Roundtable today chaired by National Farmers' Federation. Highlighting priorities for wool in the EU, UK, China and India as one agricultural voice.

03.01.2022 Nominations are now open for 3 positions on the WoolProducers Australia Executive! If you want to represent growers & contribute to national & international wool industry policy, visit www.woolproducers.com.au & download a director nomination form.

02.01.2022 Happy #AgDay AU from the team at WoolProducers Australia!

02.01.2022 WPA AGM results: Storey and Harrison remain President & Vice. Welcome new independent director, Stacey Lugsdin. Farewell & thank you James Kirkpatrick (VFF) Andrew Johnston (TFGA) & Jamie Rowe (independent director). Read more https://bit.ly/2KwHrl9

02.01.2022 WoolProducers welcomes AWI's announcement that Ron Cullen, nominated by @WoolProducers, has been appointed as the independent Chair of the Woolgrower Industry Consultation Panel. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2ZYW068

01.01.2022 WPA welcomes Aus-UK FTA negotiations, advocating duty free quota free access for wool, & that our animal welfare, antimicrobial, environmental & sustainability standards must not be compromised to conclude any agreement. Read more: https://bit.ly/2zPlA6e