About this podcast
What do luxury fashion in Paris and a farm near Burra have in common? Wool! Join us as we explore wool’s global supply chain; speaking with woolgrowers, manufacturers, designers and everyone in between, about how they're working with the world's miracle fibre. If you have feedback or a question you would like to raise as part of The Yarn podcast, please email The Yarn at [email protected].
Episodes
The newest 20 of 291 episodes
- EP 291: MLP wrap up · 19 minThe Merino Lifetime Productivity (MLP) project has been a decade-long, $13 million effort from a large team of people from across Australia. It has created a massive foundation…
- EP290: Nanjing Wool Conference 2026 · 18 minStronger grower returns are essential to wool’s future, but securing that future takes the whole supply chain working together. In The Yarn, Scott Carmody shares insights from…
- EP 289: A new road for Australian wool · 16 min · Episode 289Ask most consumers what a wool garment looks like and chances are they will picture a jumper, a coat or perhaps a finely tailored suit. Founder of Australian wool fashion brand…
- EP 288: Tom Hooke Nuffield: Regen Farming in Pastoral Areas · 19 min · Episode 288Tom Hooke from East Loddon Merino Stud in the Riverina has written a fascinating Nuffield report looking into the potential for using regenerative farming principles across the…
- EP 287: AWI Chairman fresh from China · 16 min · Episode 287George Millington has recently returned from China with grounds for sustained optimism for wool. Hear what the AWI Chairman has to say about supply, ongoing demand for wool and…
- RB Sellars celebrates wool · 17 min · Episode 286"Built for work, worn for life" is the RB Sellars motto and a perfect fit for the Merino wool campaign with Woolmark. RB Sellars CEO and woolgrower Jim Gall speaks about his…
- Wool marketing 101 · 11 min · Episode 285Opinions about how to market the world’s greatest natural fibre are not hard to find, however listening to the person actually in charge in very enlightening. Laura Armstrong the…
- AWI’s new CEO Bryan Fry · 17 min · Episode 284The research, development and marketing body for Australian wool has a new Chief Executive Officer. Brian Fry has great experience in marketing premium Australian produce and is…
- XTM · 19 min · Episode 283An overnight success that has taken 27 years. XTM is growing the market for Merino wool through its clever alignments and innovative products. Hear Global Sales Manager Paul…
- Testing flystrike research with commercial flocks · 16 min · Episode 282Woolgrower Michael Edmunds joins researchers from Deakin University to discuss an AWI-supported flystrike project taking research back into commercial paddocks. Together, they…
- Containment feeding · 19 min · Episode 281Containment feeding has significant advantages for feed efficiency and managing stock condition. Given the significant advantages, it is not relatively difficult nor costly to…
- Breeding out sheep blowflies on KI · 18 min · Episode 280
- Know your enemy: protecting your flock against flystrike · 13 min · Episode 279
- George Millington: new AWI Chairman · 21 min · Episode 278
- Future leaders trip to China · 21 min · Episode 277With thanks to the National Foundation for Australia China Relations, AWI helped organise for a number of upcoming wool leaders to tour our most significant market. Hear from the…
- IWTO President, Major wool processor and large woolgrower · 36 min · Episode 276In this extended episode we cover wool supply and demand and therefore price, longer term contracts, the work of the International Wool Textile Organisation and we also hear from…
- An important time for woolgrowers · 18 min · Episode 275In recent weeks there has been a welcome lift in the wool market as a level of confidence has returned to sale rooms across the country. Together with this improved market has…
- Planfarm · 36 min · Episode 274Sheep still have an important role to play in a cropping enterprise according to Paul Omodei from Planfarm.
- Woolgrower returns from Blue Earth summit · 16 min · Episode 273Clare Canon has returned from the Blue Earth summit where she spoke of the disconnect between global sustainability frameworks and the realities of natural fibre production. But…
- AWI Chairman at Bendigo · 20 min · Episode 272
