Momentum builds for resurrecting Ord cotton industry By Matt Brann There are big plans for cotton emerging in the Kimberley's Ord Irrigation Scheme.
Gas price squeeze A Melbourne-based wool processor says soaring gas prices are likely to wipe out any profits it will make this year.
Herbicides damage cotton More than half the cotton crops planted across southern NSW have been damaged by off-target weed herbicide spray drift.
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-image Shearing sheds are a hive of activity as wool producers capitalise on high prices ABC Chris Lewis
