BTB - Issue 26

Beyond the Bale - Issue 26 - February - March 2007

In this issue:

AWI News

• Battling the blowfly
• New CEO appointed
• Sheep hit the fast lane
• AWI on the web
• ShearEzy on tour

Research

• Virtual map of the sheep genome: a world first
• Report reveals higher cost of disease
• Data legacy build wool's future
• Breeding workshops

Pastures

• Native plants boost grazing options
• Fungi rooted out as pasture nemisis

Pastoral Zone

• Pastoral zone rising to the challenge
• Conviction sustains pastoral-zone growers

On-farm

• Taking 'Middleview' to the top
• Making money from Monaro Merinos 

Marketing Merino

• To market to market: a new guide
• Where there's a wool, there's a way
• Workshop gives producers access to best wool-chain intelligence

Stocking rates

• Beating down the back door
• Demand guaged for ethical wool

Animal health

• Worm counts add up to money saved
• Dry offers no break from worms

Textiles

• Hong Kong knitters meet the Aussie Merino
• Supply chain links in China

Design

• New partnership brings maximum cool
• TAWFA Awards open
• A little staple of Merino

Climate control

• Thumbs up for Driza-Bone Mk-II
• New textile treatment results in thermal buffering

Profile

• Peter Morrissey - fashion designer and founder of the Morrissey label

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