West Australia College of Agriculture – Cunderdin

  • By Peter Sommerville
  • Nov 21 2019
  • Category: News
The Trust supports the VET sector via a number of scholarships, valued at $3,000 each, being made available per year to students attending institutions in this sector. Applications for these scholarships are made on behalf of the student(s) by the…
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Wool Technology and Sheep Breeding Journal Archive

  • By Peter Sommerville
  • Nov 5 2019
  • Category: News
When the Wool Technology journal was first published in 1954 by the University of New South Wales it was a unique vehicle for communicating technical information to sheep and wool industry participants. The journal also provided an advertising vehicle for…
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Wool Industry Forum 23 August 2019

  • By Peter Sommerville
  • Sep 12 2019
  • Category: News
Media Release The  Federation  of  Australian  Wool  Organisations  (FAWO)  is  a peak wool  industry  body whose  Membership comprises  AWEX, AWH,  AWI,  AWTA,  and national Associations representing wool growers, brokers, exporters and processors.  It represents Australia at the International  Wool  Textile…
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The Sheep CRC Winds Up

  • By Peter Sommerville
  • Jun 29 2019
  • Category: News
The Sheep CRC has finally concluded its objectives and as of the 30th June 2019 it will be wound up. However, the accomplishments of the CRC will continue to yield benefits to the sheep and wool industry. Read the final…
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Restructuring of the Australian Wool Education Trust

  • By Peter Sommerville
  • Jun 29 2019
  • Category: News
When the AWTA Ltd Wool Education Trust was first formed in 1997 there were 5 Trustees, 3 appointed by AWTA Ltd and 2 by the Australian National Committee of the International Wool Textile Organization. This was increased to 8 after…
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PhD Scholarship at Murdoch University

  • By Peter Sommerville
  • Feb 22 2019
  • Category: News
Project: Measurement of appetite, feed-use efficiency and fat metabolism to improve estimation of genotype profitability and selection indices in Merinos This PhD will be embedded within a large AWI-funded project that aims to quantify differences in systems efficiency between animals…
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Applications open for the SPA Sheep Industry Ambassador Award

  • By Peter Sommerville
  • Jan 28 2019
  • Category: News
Sheep Producers Australia is offering winners of the Sheep Industry Ambassador Award the opportunity to attend the New Zealand Sheep Industry Ambassador Program in March 2019. The program will foster and grow the up and coming leaders in the sheep…
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Tassie’s top ag science student researches wether productivity

  • By Peter Sommerville
  • Jan 28 2019
  • Category: News
Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) student Lauren Rowlands has won a national scholarship and three awards recognising her achievements in agricultural science. An Undergraduate Project Scholarship from the Australian Wool Education Trust (AWET) – one of 15 awarded nationally –…
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Sheep CRC Final Conference

  • By Peter Sommerville
  • Dec 19 2018
  • Category: News
This is your last chance to tap into the minds of the Sheep CRC’s research team about new and innovative ways to improve your sheep business. After 18 years, the conference marks the final public event for the Sheep CRC…
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AWET 2017/18 Annual Report

  • By Peter Sommerville
  • Dec 4 2018
  • Category: News
A copy of the 2017/18 Annual Report is available on this website. In July 1997, Australian Wool Testing Authority Ltd (AWTA Ltd) donated $3.00 million of its Unappropriated Profits to a trust vehicle named “The AWTA Ltd Wool Education Trust”.  The…
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