Off-target weed herbicide spray drift damages cotton crops By Cara Jeffery More than half the cotton crops planted across southern NSW have been damaged by off-target weed herbicide spray drift.
Record prices for superfine wool A boom in superfine wool prices is good news for producers but supply continues to decline.
Producers celebrate prices Wool producers across Australia are celebrating as the market continues to head into positive territory.
Pint-sized shearer has future mapped out at five At five years old, pint-sized shearer Charlie Dunn has a career mapped out in the shed.
AnalysisWinners and losers from first years of free trade agreements Analysis of agricultural trade shows exports only grew 3 per cent to China, Japan and Korea during the last financial year.
icon-abc-audio Maatsuyker director John Kellet talks about wanting to get more wool producers involved
icon-abc-audio Agriculture Victoria senior veterinarian Robert Suter says six shearers, allegedly depicted abusing sheep in a video released by PETA in 2014, have been charged with animal cruelty offences. One has been successfully prosecuted, with five due to face court in 2017.
icon-abc-audio Victorian contractor Emma Morvell says the wool industry already has everything it needs to rid sheds of drug abuse. She requires every worker to sign a policy, agreeing to visit a general practitioner for a blood test whenever directed.
icon-abc-audio Stu McCullough CEO Australian Wool Innovation on better wool prices and jobs in marketing overseas
icon-abc-image The top price horned ram from the 2017 Mount Ascot sale with the Little family and the Brumpton family. Supplied
