“Merinos are pushing the boundaries of both wool and meat,” Mr Wilson said. “When you look at the price of 19-micron wool, which is 100c/kg better than this time last year and making 1235c/kg (clean), ...

He's been a pioneer in the use of data recording, DNA and genetic selection tools to develop the crucial traits needed for the most successful and profitable Merino wool and meat sheep production.

New South Wales shearer Nikki Lyons has set a women's world record by shearing 395 merino lambs in eight hours. In a shearing shed in Bowning near Yass, in southern NSW, surrounded by dozens of ...

The 31-year-old NSW shearer has set the first Australian women's merino shearing record for the most ewes shorn in an eight-hour period.

PGG Wrightson's GM for Wool Grant Edwards. Photo / Supplied Jamie Mackay from The Country chats to Grant Edwards, General Manager for Wool at PGG Wrightson. Mackay starts the conversation off by ...