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Wool production increases in line with seasonal conditions

THE Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee (AWPFC) expects shorn wool production for the 2022/23 season to be 328 million kilograms (greasy).

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 Shorn wool production is forecast to increase slightly in the next 12 months. Image courtesy AWI.

Shorn wool production is forecast to increase slightly in the next 12 months. Image courtesy AWI.

The forecast is unchanged from September last year and is slightly above the 2021/22 estimated shorn wool production of 324Mkg (greasy). AWPFC chairman, Stephen Hill, said: "above average to highest...

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