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EPISODE · Apr 18, 2019 · 20 MIN

Rebuilding a giant: the Qld wool industry

from The Yarn · host Australian Wool Innovation

Once a mainstay of the Queensland economy, the wool and sheep industry has shrunk to a shadow of its former self thanks in part to prices, drought and wild dogs over many years. But a quiet rebuild is in underway with a massive commitment to exclusion fencing and flock restructure, farmers are keen to return to sheep when the rains also return.

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