The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for May 2024 compared with the same period last season are:
-17.2%, -15.6% and -15.5% respectively.
The Australian Wool Traceability Hub is an opportunity for the Australian wool industry to get ahead of the curve when it comes to Australian wool’s Emergency Animal Disease (EAD) response plan as well as end-to-end commercial traceability from farm to first stage processor.
Read more: Australian Wool Traceability Hub – 90% of Wool to be Traced by 2025
The IWTO Congress, hosted this year by Wool Industries Australia (WIA) in conjunction with IWTO, is the annual meeting point for the global wool industry.
The monthly comparisons of Total Lots, Bales and Weight tested for April 2024 compared with the same period last season are:
+13%, +17.5% and +17.8% respectively.
The potential for Foot-and-Mouth disease to have a devastating impact on the wool industry is well known and recently illustrated by outbreaks in South Africa and the United Kingdom. As such, planning for, and mitigating the risks associated with such an outbreak in the Australian sheep flock has been an industry focus.
Read more: PIC and the Australian Wool Traceability Hub (AWTH)