Researchers from Western Sydney University have found a new, non-invasive way to detect pregnancy in Merino sheep through the analysis of reproductive hormones in wool. The study, supervised by Dr.
More than 1,000 kilograms of wool samples, lab notes and technical drawings spent decades gathering dust in a British home. A ...
1797: Merino sheep introduced to Australia. Captain Henry Waterhouse and Lieutenant William Kent brought 26 merino sheep in 1797 from the Cape of Good Hope, in present-day South Africa, to Port ...
Data was collected to assess wool value, and fleece returns to gauge an average sheep value across a selection of 730 wethers. Trial manager Craig Wilson of Wagga Wagga said there were 50 flocks ...
In short: NSW shearer Jeanine Kimm has set a benchmark Australian women's shearing record after she shore 358 ewes, making her average 80.8 seconds per ewe. The 31-year-old is the first Australian ...
A Victorian family with burgeoning agricultural interests has acquired the final two slices of a premier central Victorian ...
A lost, overgrown sheep found in Australian scrubland was shorn for perhaps the first time on Thursday, yielding 89 pounds of wool — the equivalent of 30 sweaters — and shedding almost half his body ...
Australian family-owned Mumblebone Stud has revolutionised Merino breeding, now supplying premium wool to New Zealand's leading adventure wear brand. Not only is Mumblebone Stud revolutionising Merino ...
Better wool quality from grazing sheep among solar panels, shows experience in Australian green farm
Sheep grazing close to a solar farm among its panels seems to even improve the quality of wool, a new study has found. The study is based on the results of a second round of wool testing at the ...
At a time when “carbon tunnel vision” is blinding the industry from making meaningful change, Woolmark is looking beyond net-zero to nature-positive with a new scheme. The “future-facing program” for ...
The ram from Dane Rowley’s Springwaters Poll Dorset stud at Boorowa, NSW was awarded the ribbon at the conclusion of the competitions at Australian Sheep & Wool Show. The NSW stud has been going since ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results