Life skills such as budgeting and self-care will be incorporated in shearer and wool classer qualifications under proposed changes to wool harvesting training programs. National sheep and wool writer ...

Yet for Austin Grace, the process of learning more about the wool industry was the real reward in completing his classing stencil. Austin, 24, won the Australian graduate wool classer of the year ...

“A lot has changed in the industry since I started out as a kid working the circuit from Queensland, through New South Wales before finishing off in Tasmania each Christmas,” Mr Ward said. “The ...

The Lucindale-based wool broker and woolgrower was the recipient of the Women in Wool Career Legacy Award at a gala dinner ...

Clara Parkes graduated with a liberal arts degree, had a stint teaching English and then found herself in the fast-paced Bay Area tech industry, putting her writing chops to work for start-ups. But ...

A LIFETIME in the woolshed has been recognised with veteran wool classer Geoff Brooker receiving the prestigious 'Golden Stencil' from the Australian Wool Exchange for half a century of classing.

Award-winning wool classer Sharon Lawton's Glenbrook Station entry on display at the 2024 Wānaka A&P Show. Te Kauwhata-based wool classer Sharon Lawton received 98.5 points – out of 100 – for her ...

The wool sector does not immediately come to mind when discussing digital transformation, yet the wool industry has a supply chain that matches many other sectors in terms of its complexity and in ...