Finding new wool harvesting techniques is proving difficult
- By: "Farm Tender" News
- Ag Tech News
- Jul 29, 2017
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For years we have been looking for an alternative to manual shearing. The back breaking, age old profession is still the backbone of wool harvesting, even in this, the digital age.
Many trials and testing has taken place, but nothing has proved commercially viable as yet.
Australian Wool Innovation (AWI), the wool industry body who invests grower levies in such technologies is still to come up with anything, however, its still trying.
AWI CEO Stuart McCullough has recently stated the AWI Board is keen to look for technological opportunities that can make wool harvesting significantly easier and more efficient.
"Shearing is celebrated as a great Australian profession and has been the backbone of the industry since it started," AWI shearing industry development manager Jim Murray said. "AWI trains more than 3,000 shearers and woolhandlers in-shed every year to try to make the process as efficient as possible. But with the advent of the digital age we need to keep looking for new opportunities to make this monumental task easier for both shearer, sheep and woolgrower and this is what this event will discuss."
Looks like shearing will be a profession for many years to come.
Picture: The latest ShearEzy technology demonstrated at the National Merino Challenge
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