LEADING ethical wool marketer, the New Zealand Merino Company, has suspended two farms from its ZQ program after anti-wool activist group PETA released video footage of alleged cruel treatment of ...

Did you know that wool socks keep your feet warm and dry in cold weather, and cool and dry in the heat? Find out the best ...

AUSTRALIA’S auction wool market has started 2025 with an exchange rate-driven increase in prices for fleece and oddments, but ...

One of south west Queensland's early adopters of exclusion fencing may not have been on the bulk buyers list at the Mt Ascot ...

German breeders started the Merino trend The Merino breed now so famous in Australia and New Zealand had its beginnings in the 16th century when German breeders crossed Spanish merinos with Saxon ...

New gross margin calculations have shown that prime lamb production and replacement purchases emerged as the top-performing sheep enterprises of 2024.

An animal rights group says it is glad MPI is taking action, but "history shows us that cases of animal abuse ... typically go unpunished".

Wool scientist Harold Carter and his wife Mary in the early 1990s. Picture supplied courtesy Margaret Carter. Two wool ...

Knitting and other fiber arts are having a 21st Century resurgence. These small businesses are getting in on the action.

The list of top 50 Australian Merino studs for 2024.

To cut costs, some cheap sweaters today are made with less yarn: The fabric is thinner, and the knit is looser, so it takes ...

Two wool industry veterans have teamed up in a bid to raise the money needed to bring a prominent wool scientist and historian's historical archives back to Australia. National sheep and wool ...