The Finnegan family wool-producing farm, Kia Ora, has won the Small and Medium Enterprises category Award and the Premier’s Regional Recognition Award in this year’s Victorian Premier’s Sustainability Awards for their cross-operational commitment to sustainability. E.S.P. or Ethical, Sustainable, Profitable wool production is now a feature of the farm, just...
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Ethical, Sustainable, Profitable wool production wins two Premier’s Sustainability Awards
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Yumbah honoured with the Primary Producer award at the 2019 Victorian Seafood Industry Awards
Read MoreFox & Lillie is a major shareholder in Yumbah Aquaculture, the largest abalone farming enterprise in the Southern Hemisphere. The Seafood Industry Awards recently announce the winners of the 2019 Victorian Seafood Industry Awards. Primary Producer – Yumbah Aquaculture Seafood Business (Large) – Mainstream Aquaculture Seafood Business (Small) – The...
Australian wool prices under big pressure
Read MoreThe price of wool is falling steeply as China’s textile industry feels the fallout from the trade war with the United States, and European economies weaken. with industry leaders bracing for worse to come. Australian wool prices are back to 2016 levels with growers withdrawing bales from auctions after more...
Young wool growers awarded Fox & Lillie Rural’s student scholarships
Read MoreAmy Jackson and Amy Pilgrim were awarded Fox & Lillie Rural’s 2018/2019 scholarships, aimed at providing Longerenong Agriculture College students with financial assistance towards their tuition fees. Fox & Lillie has been awarding student scholarships at Longerenong College since 2016, as part of the company’s ongoing commitment to the industry....
Fox & Lillie investigates forward wool supply contracts
Read MoreFox & Lillie Rural hosted their Sheepvention breakfast seminar on Monday 5th August, presenting on various topics influencing the current wool market. These topics included the continued pressure stemming from the China-US trade war and the increasing interest in developing long term wool supply contracts which would give growers certainty...
Fox & Lillie and HSBC complete first Voltron blockchain network transaction between Australia and China for wool shipment
Read MoreHSBC have successfully completed a cross-border blockchain transaction between Fox & Lillie and a Chinese importer, in a milestone which brings the digitisation of trade another step closer to commercial reality. The live transaction, completed in late March 2019, involved Fox & Lillie, a wool exporter and a client of...
Fox & Lillie Rural Training Scholarship with SCAA Shearer Woolhandler Training Inc
Read MoreFox & Lillie has been working with SCAA Shearer Woolhandler Training Inc, providing specialised training in the wool harvesting sector, to assist with combating the shortage of shearers in the industry. Part of the support included a $3000 Fox & Lillie Rural training scholarship designed to support people who are seeking a long-term career in the...
Sector booms as Asians happy to shell out for abalone
Read MoreFarmed abalone is becoming a key player in Australia’s booming $1.5 billion seafood export industry. Abalone is now Australia’s second-largest seafood export with a quarter of 4000 tonnes overseas each year, worth $170 million produced on farms in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Co-founded by Tim Rudge, privately owned...
Wool a true passion
Read MoreFOR 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...
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...