BTB - Issue 27

Beyond the Bale - Issue 27 - April - May 2007

In this issue:

Cover story

• Australian Merino goes global
• Profits from Lifetime Wool
• Getting rid of rabbits

AWI news

• A wealth of innovation 
• Winning wool website
• AWI hosts Chinese journalists
• Welcome to wool pages
• Dial-up resource
• What's your cost of production?

Grain & Graze

• Dryland Focus Farm aims to lift profit and natural resources
• Get involved, get the Grain & Graze Guide

Climate

• Computer-aided drought management

Lifetime Wool

• Feeding fundamentals
• Nutritional needs
• Budgeting in drought or dry years
• Targeting willing changers
• Leading by learning

Genetics

• DNA to become a commercial breeding tool
• Sire comparison program update

Farm productivity

• Selection-strategy study shows growers the way to go

Invasive animals

• Operation rabbit removal 

Animal health

• Accredition sceptic now an advocate
• Mulesing accreditation for woolgrowers

In the shed 

• Industry revises code of practice for woolclassers
• Research library on the web
• Harvesting DVDs feature top tips

Wool for outdoors

• Technology adds lustre to new market
• Merino Coolmax puts Shanghai in a spin
• Insect resistant Merino causes a buzz

Fashion

• Leading fashion retailer joins quality scheme
• And the winner is.... Australian Merino wool
• Latest Merino at the Melbourne Fashion Festival

Going global

• Wool's fashion outlook is a top yarn
• International staff taking Merino to the world
• Aussie Merino bites the Big Apple

Profile

• Dr David Piedrafita, Parasitologist and AWI postdoctoral fellow

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