One of China’s major shopping sales, Singles Day on November 11, lived up to expectations by breaking the last year’s sales records. Singles Day or also known as Double 11 Global Shopping Festival, is a major Chinese shopping holiday which was first established to celebrate single people, in opposition to Valentine’s Day. Sales each year... Read more
There has been some recent speculation that wool may be included in the rumoured list of commodity import suspensions by China. Fox & Lillie export has constant communication with its agents and customers in China, who have informed us that, so far, there is no concrete evidence to suggest there have been problems – or... Read more
The wool market saw a tremendous run-up last week and the pressure increased as each hour drew closer to start of the wool auctions. Looking back at the period leading up the sale tells quite a story. On Thursday 8th October after the previous sale week, the price levels from China were sitting at levels... Read more
The Australian wool industry has reported seeing an increasing number of local people looking to participate in shearing and woolhandling courses as they consider new employment opportunities, a trend which has emerged as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 situation. As Australia prepares for a substantial workforce shortage due to border closures and travel restrictions... Read more
New research reveals that the sustainability of our clothing is strongly influenced by the number of times it is worn and how long it is actively used. After seven years of work, a team of researchers from Australia, New Zealand and Norway have published the first full wool life cycle assessment (LCA) which analysed the... Read more
The COVID-19 virus has had a significant impact on the wool pipeline, as the market continues to show more signs of the challenges inherent in this once-in-a-100-year event. As we know, China had the virus first and went hard to lockdown to keep it confined to Wuhan – as much as possible. The timing coincided... Read more
The wool industry is once again shooting itself in the foot by allowing the “cryogenic breech freezing” process to be reported on the National Wool Declaration (NWD) as non-mulesed (NM) wool, losing the opportunity to promote complete transparency in the Australian wool industry. To be clear Fox & Lillie is not opposed to any progressive... Read more
From the 1st July 2020 pain relief for mulesing sheep will be mandatory under legislation in Victoria. This means that a pain relief product registered for use on sheep by the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) must be administered from next month. VFF Livestock Group President, Leonard Vallance was quoted in Stock &... Read more
While the wool market isn’t overly positive at the moment, there are encouraging signs for the future usage of wool. Fox & Lillie has received recent enquiries indicating renewed interest coming from wool users across the world who had previously removed themselves from the market when prices were at record highs. Eamon Timms spoke to... Read more
The Casterton Kelpie Association is hosting their Annual Kelpie Muster Photography Competition a little differently this year. The event usually takes place in June on the Queen’s Birthday long weekend but due to the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, the weekend had to be postponed to Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th October. Casterton Kelpie Association is pleased... Read more
