AUSTRALIA: Wool Production Expected to Decline
Total Australian wool production is forecast to decline slightly in the 2008/09 season, despite expected higher output in Queensland and NSW. For 2008/09, shorn wool production is forecast at 385 mkg greasy - a 4% decline from 2007/08. High global grain prices and continuing dry conditions in some parts of eastern…
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“Once again, parts of eastern Australia have started the pasture growing season with rainfall well below normal. The most extreme example of this is Tasmania, with the southern region and east coast continuing to be ravaged by one of the worst droughts in living memory,” he said.
A lack of autumn rainfall in Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and many parts of NSW has increased sheep turn-off for slaughtering and live sheep export, while lamb slaughtering have been remarkably robust for much of 2007/08.
In Western Australia, high global grain prices have provided a strong incentive for farmers to sow additional winter crop at the expense of sheep grazing.
Source: Australian Wool Innovation Limited
From the Egytex news archive, first published on 5 July 2008. Figures and names are as reported at the time.
