The trend is mostly being seen in the crossbred wool sector, where producers are cutting costs and not employing classers, and is increasing in the Merino types. Australian Wool Exchange chief ...

Kate Mooney is a long-time Flinders Island resident who decided wool classing was a sound career to pursue, to enable her to live on the island she loves. Now, 30 years later, she still works as a ...

From this year, one student enrolled in TasTAFE’s Certificate IV wool-classing course could be reimbursed the full $1950 fee. To be short-listed for the scholarship — backed by the Calvert brothers’ ...

The Southern Institute of Technology has yet to replace its wool classing tutors and semester two starts in July. Photo / RNZ / Tessa Charles The future of wool classing education is up in the air, ...

Aching knees and a sore back, coupled with providing encouragement for his son, inspired Indigenous shearer Garry Pittman to tackle wool classing at Dubbo TAFE. After leaving school at the age of 15 ...

"We have 20 students learning how to shear sheep and 15 here for the wool classing certification," said Chris Schauer, director of the NDSU Hettinger Research Extension Center (HREC), and coordinator ...

If you are interested in learning more about sheep shearing or becoming certified for wool classing, plan to attend the schools the North Dakota State University Hettinger Research Extension Center is ...

Southern Institute of Technology’s recent appointment of two new tutors with a specialist set of skills ensures the continuation of their qualification, the New Zealand Certificate in Wool Technology ...

SAN ANGELO – Texas A&M AgriLife will conduct two wool production educational schools Jan. 3-5 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center north of San Angelo on U.S. Highway 87. “We are ...

Katrina Bishop on a boat on the way to work at Walter Peak Station earlier this month. Photo: Supplied Katrina Bishop was exposed to the fine wool industry from a young age. She grew up at Mt Otekaike ...