Wool buyers withdraw bales as auction market slumps
SOME of Australia's remaining wool growers sent a clear message to buyers this week, with more than 16 percent of the bale offering passed in at auctions nationally.
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Call to recognise and fund saleyards as nationally significant
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Why lamb feedlots are rethinking supplementation
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