Industry Sector Wool
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Organic Wool Demeter producer Albert Haupt, from Narrandera NSW exported Australian biodynamic wool to German in the early 1990™s. It was used to make baby clothes and baby blankets. A lot of new information had just appeared about the impact of agricultural chemicals, as a result of pesticide activists, but also because detection equipment had improved significantly. It was also the time when midwives ceased recommending lanolin for nursing mothers. There was a period of about a decade during which there were no organic wool experts from Australia. The McClure family from Trevallyn Station in Western NSW then exported the first Australian organic wool through Elders BKW, who continue to sell up to 750 bales in a sale. Lanoc Wool has now also joined the search for ... Read more |
Wool StandardsThis summary has been drawn from the National Standard for Organic and Bio-Dynamic Produce. The National Standards a minimum standard for Australian certification bodies (CBs) and some CBs may use a ˜private standard™ that imposes additional requirements. Please check with your CB to ensure compliance.Requirements in this Standard are complementary and additional to other health, agricultural, environmental, food and production related regulatory requirements at Commonwealth, State, Territory and other relevant levels. This includes adherence to the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Code Act 1994 and the Agricultural Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Association (APVMA).Livestock General (section 2.11 of the Draft Australian Standards ... Read more |
The McClure Family, pioneers of Organic The McClure family are located at Trevallyn Station on the Darling River, about 70 km north of Wilcannia, NSW.McClure & Daughters family partnership was the first to export organic wool in over 10 years, when they sold their first substantial organic clip in 2004/5. Since then there have been several other sales, some more than 100 bales, and most have been purchased by European buyers such as BWK Germany, although goods produced also end up on the US market, and Asia is also a potentially important destination. The Trevallyn flock produces fleece wool ranging from 21.4 to 24.1 micron using Southrose blood genetics.Murray McClure is largely responsible for practical management on the property, while Janie McClure and their daughters take a more active role in ... Read more |
Market Trade and Supply Chain
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Wool - Export Export Markets outside USA and JapanAt present all AQIS accredited certified organic produce is accepted for entry into the EU, based upon an equivalence arrangement between the EU and the Australian Government. For most categories of goods, specific certification arrangements are required for entry into the USA and Japan. The USDA operates the National Organic Program (NOP) and Japan operates the Japanese Agricultural Standards (JAS).China has recently announced a requirement for Chinese certification, and most organic goods will need to be recertified by an approved Chinese certification organisation.Canada is also in the process of creating a national regulation, and it is likely that an equivalency arrangement will be negotiated with Australia, for the trade in organic produce and products between the two countries.A number of ... Read more |
The Market for Organic food The market for organic food continues to grow in response to rising environmental awareness and even in current economic downturn the industry is still growing, albeit at a lower rate than for the previous decade.The ... Read more |
Farmers Markets Shocked by the poor quality of food available in US cities, I started the search for an edible piece of fruit.I first discovered farmers markets on a six-week research trip to the USA in 1993. ... Read more |
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Wool - Features
Organic wool Organic fibre markets are less well established than edible products. Recent organic wool exports from Australia started in 2005, when Elders sent organic wool to Europe, after a break of about a decade since the first exports of biodynamic wool in the early 90™s. Since that time, a Western Australian exporter has also been looking for certified organic woolHowever most organic industry observers would believe that the history of ever broadening markets will continue and that this expansion will provide ... Read more |
Wool - Latest News
New Australian Standard for organic products At last we have an organic standard with some real relevance to the domestic marketplace. It represents the culmination of over 20 years effort by the organic industry. I personally was first involved in an approach to the Federal Government with a request for a standard in 1989.The new AS 6000 from Standards Australia also represents the result of nearly five years of intensive lobbying and commitment from the Organic Federation of Australia (OFA).Until now the ˜default™ key industry document has been ... Read more |
