FOR Colin Petersen, the wool industry is a true passion. With over thirty years ‘in the game,’ Colin has both experience and expertise. Colin has a quiet and humble demeanour but also an underlying determination and pride. He would dodge the limelight as if it were bullets – so, this...
Yearly Archive: 2018
Wool a true passion
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Store Door Wool Buyer – Job Vacancies Victoria and South Australia
Read MoreFox & Lillie are a 100% Australian family owned and operated wool export, buying and broking business with an extensive network of regional branches, international offices, as well as wool processing facilities. To keep successfully growing the business and continuing to deliver the appropriate services to wool growers, Fox &...
Fox & Lillie SCAA Shearer Woolhandler Training Scholarship
Read MoreFox & Lillie Rural has engaged with SCAA Shearer Woolhandler Training Inc. to assist with combating the shortage of shearers in the industry through training shearers and promoting the industry. The Shearer and Woolhandler Training Inc. is a not for profit organisation providing specialised training in wool, shearing and agricultural...
Fox & Lillie Rural welcomes Robert Leak and Rachael Ward to Wagga team
Read MoreFox & Lillie Rural (FLR) have welcome two additions to their Wagga team, Robert Leak and Rachael Ward. Robert Leak has joined the team as a wool buyer and marketing representative. Roberthas worked in the wool industry all his life, gaining experience in all facets from producer, shearer and wool...
New pathways are required for young people to have their own farm
Read MoreAs land prices reach new records young agricultural enthusiasts are having to look at new ways in which they are able to have their own farm. To see what the challenges are that young people in agriculture have to face and what the possible new pathways into agriculture are see...
Future Challenges of Agriculture
Read MoreBendigo Sheep and Wool Show 2018 saw the first New Breed Forum hosted in conjunction with the Young Stud Masters’ Muster. The forum was held to discuss the future of agriculture and the challenges that the young people of today will have to face to be apart of the agricultural...
Fox & Lillie’s Annual Wool Study Tour
Read MoreRecently Fox & Lillie conducted a two week ‘The Heritage of Wool Study Tour’ with a group of twenty six wool growers. The group consisted of wool growers from all over Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. The group traveled through the United Kingdom and Italy visiting woollen mills, garment...
The Wool Industry digs deep to support Annie
Read MoreWool Brokers from across Australia donated 69 bales of wool to the Michael Manion Wool Industry Foundation to raise money for Annie Singe. 8 year old Annie from a wool growing family in Wagga has had up to 50 operations in her life so far to remove a Giant Congenital...
Newest Members of the Fox & Lillie Team
Read MoreFox & Lillie’s newest recruits Emma McCrae and Tom Roughead graduated from Longerenong College in 2017 and were both recipients of the Fox & Lillie 2016/2017 Rural Scholarship. Both Emma and Tom have now taken on new roles at Fox & Lillie. See the link below for their views on...
Wool Market Report Week 49
Read MoreThe market eased slightly in Australian currency this week, when the AWEX EMI finished at 2011¢, 16¢ lower (-0.8%) in Australian currency and 7¢ higher (+0.5%) in US currency at sales in Sydney and Melbourne this week. This is only the second time in the nine sales since Easter that...