Prices ease as rain relief floods wool market

Annabelle Cleeland
Updated August 18 2016 - 7:26am, first published August 17 2016 - 4:30am
Jim and Janet Alston, Stonyhurst Pastoral Company, Beeac with Arcadian's Nick Laurie.
Jim and Janet Alston, Stonyhurst Pastoral Company, Beeac with Arcadian's Nick Laurie.

THE ballooning offering following the wool market’s mid-year recess drifted prices from the outset, slipping the Australian Wool Exchange Eastern Market Indicator back 14 cents to 1297c. 

Annabelle Cleeland

Annabelle Cleeland

National Sheep & Wool Writer

Annabelle Cleeland is Fairfax Media’s national sheep and wool writer. Annabelle joined the Fairfax team in 2012 to nurture her love of Australian agriculture. She began as the Victorian western district reporter at Stock & Land before taking on a senior position as a journalist reporting on all industries statewide. Annabelle’s appetite to report on issues which affect the sheep and wool industry has seen her travel to many parts of Australia and abroad. She is excited to spin industry yarns during a period of substantial demand for the sheepmeat and wool industries. Annabelle enjoys horse riding and climbing mountains, and is a lazy supporter of the Geelong Football Club.

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