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WA growers invited to biological wool harvesting demo

WESTERN Australian woolgrowers will have the opportunity to witness a new biological wool harvesting process which aims to make wool harvesting easier and more cost-effective for woolgrowers and the industry.

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 Lead researcher Phil Hynd said the new biological approach is different to Bioclip, to allow for the fleece to stay on the sheep for several weeks. Photo courtesy of AWI.

Lead researcher Phil Hynd said the new biological approach is different to Bioclip, to allow for the fleece to stay on the sheep for several weeks. Photo courtesy of AWI.

Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) announced earlier this year it is funding research by the University of Adelaide into a new opportunity for biological harvesting of wool, which aims to generate a weakened...

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