Western Australian sheep and wool industry irrevocably damaged by government ignorance

If you speak to Western Australian woolgrowers, they will tell you they did not need a crystal ball or a group of analysts to predict the fall in production in their state and the federal government sits in their sights. The third and latest forecast of shorn wool production for the 2024/25 season from the Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee (AWPFC) was yet another reduction. For WA woolgrowers and sheep producers, a further downward revision of production totals was expected and possibly not the end of the industry's contraction. The AWPFC said the national production was predicted to lower by another 12 per cent over their August figures suggested and WA was facing an 18.8pc drop. The 279.4 million kilograms greasy forecasted as the national figure was 6mkg less than previous figures with WA dropping to 44.7mkg. Having a big influence on the estimates is the sheep slaughter numbers from July to September 2024. Sheep slaughter increased by 28pc this year compared ...