Comparisons with prices during the short-lived Korean War wool boom in the early 1950s surfaced when the eastern market indicator (EMI) soared over $20 a kilogram clean earlier this year.

Recognised with the Australian Wool Innovation Award at the 2018 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Dr Jamie Barwick is researching how to increase productivity in sheep through GPs sensors.