Change to non-mulesed wool rises despite initial lag in progress

Vanessa Binks
May 26 2022 - 10:50am
PRODUCTION CEASED: South Gap Pastoral's Kate Greenfield via Pt Augusta believes industry is at a crossroad with mulesing practices and has decided to cease Merino wool production this year to avoid further challenges.
PRODUCTION CEASED: South Gap Pastoral's Kate Greenfield via Pt Augusta believes industry is at a crossroad with mulesing practices and has decided to cease Merino wool production this year to avoid further challenges.

MORE than a decade after the Merino sector backed away from a proposed industry-wide target to phase out mulesing, the divide among mules and unmulesed woolgrowers is still evident, but it seems most have accepted the inevitable path ahead.

Vanessa Binks

Vanessa Binks

Markets Editor/Journalist

I am the Markets Editor and journalist at the Stock Journal. I am based at Nuriootpa in SA's lower north.

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