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Key points: The (Eastern Market Indicator) EMI has outperformed all lamb and sheep indicators this year The difference between the EMI and Merino lamb price is growing Expect to see sheep producers…

Recently the International Monetary Fund released new forecasts for economic growth for the world and for each country. They make for better, more hopeful reading than 12 months ago when COVID-19 was…

Wool exports rise for Australia, NZ and South Africa, down for South American countries The latest data on wool exports from the five major wool producing and exporting countries show some stark…

In the Weekly Newsletter edition of 22nd January 2021, I reported that an article in The Economist magazine asked if a new commodity supercycle is beginning. I thought it would be good to see how…

Compared with a year ago, Australian wool prices are slightly lower in A$ terms, but are higher in US$, Euro and Renminbi. Against the US$, current prices are 25% higher than at the end of March…

The last twelve months have been nothing if not eventful. No sooner had we wrapped up our last AGM, than I received the resignation of our Executive Director, Paul Deane, who had been offered a…

The National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia is delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Deane as the new Executive Director of NCWSBA. NCWSBA is the only national organisation…

The NCWSBA Wool Broker Award for 2021 has been launched! After the COVID-cancelled 2020 Award, this is the tenth year the Award has been offered. This year’s Award is again sponsored by AWTA (as the…

The current Executive Director of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia, Chris Wilcox has announced that he will retire as Executive Director on 30th April 2021. Chris has been…