Fox & Lillie Rural’s 2016/2017 scholarship recipients, Emma McCrae and Tom Roughead graduated from Longerenong College last week with 200 other students. It was the highest number of graduates the College has had in 20 years. Emma excelled in her course and was awarded both the 2016 and 2017 dux of her course, graduated with... Read more
Two students, Emily McErvale and Hayley Hart from Longerenong College have been awarded the Fox & Lillie Rural 2017/2018 scholarship, which comprised of two student scholarships worth $5,000 each. It is the second consecutive year that Fox & Lillie has offered scholarships at Longerenong College which are aimed at providing students with financial assistance towards... Read more
Fox & Lillie Rural’s brokerage coordinator, Emily Shields auctioned off her family’s 100th shearing MINONA wool last week on Wednesday 14th of February. It was a big milestone for the family who all came to watch Emily auction the wool at the Melbourne sale rooms. See the full article here. Read more
THE Melbourne-based managing director of Australia’s second biggest wool export company will dust off his shears for a good cause at the Wentworth Show tomorrow. Jonathan Lillie, from Fox & Lillie, has been challenged by two sheep producers from NSW’s far south west to demonstrate his shearing skills to raise money for the Pooncarie... Read more
A group of wool brokers has returned from a study tour of China focusing on wool processing beyond the farm gate. The 31 Fox and Lillie Group staff — including employees from Benalla, Horsham and Mildura — discussed current processing and market trends for wool with their Chinese counterparts. They also witnessed the processing of... Read more
A HORSHAM wool broker has toured export and rural service divisions in China as part of an educational study tool. Andrew Hendy was among 31 Fox and Lillie Rural staff who participated in the tour earlier this month. The purpose of the study tour was to enrich staff knowledge of wool processing beyond the farm... Read more
IT’S no secret that wool prices have returned to glory days so getting an insight into the workings of one of our biggest buyers is critical. A group of 31 people from Fox and Lillie recently completed a tour to China. China buys 80 per cent of Australia’s wool and the tour was an opportunity... Read more
With semester one drawing to a close, the college is looking forward to welcoming back its second-year students who are part-way through their compulsory industry placement. The students’ choice of industry placements certainly vary, from students working on farms to some learning the role of an agronomist. A group of students has been fortunate to secure... Read more
TWO Longerenong College students will do industry placement at Fox & Lillie Rural this month to get exposure to the wool industry. Emma McCrae and Tom Roughead were awarded the 2016-17 Fox & Lillie Rural scholarship last year. The scholarship is designed to provide opportunities for young students at a grass roots level in the industry, looking... Read more
During May this year, two students who were awarded with the Fox & Lillie Rural scholarship at Longerenong College will undertake industry placement at the company, gaining valuable exposure into the wool industry. Last year Emma McCrae and Tom Roughead from Longerenong College were awarded the 2016/2017 Fox & Lillie Rural scholarship, designed to provide... Read more
