Off farm testing

Off-farm testing methods currently being researched and implemented by AWI will asses the viability of emerging technologies and address threats to wool quality such as dark or medullated wool fibre contamination.

  • Off-farm fibre specification of wool

    From forecasting the processing performance of wool to the adoption of tests to verify the development of new technologies, AWI’s off-farm testing will deliver a further means to increase the quality of Australian wool.

  • Dark and medullated fibre program

    To minimise the spread of dark or medullated fibres and maintain Australia’s reputation for clean, white wool, automated wool testing is being developed to easily identify unwanted fibres.

Overview

A greater understanding of the product that is being generated by Australian woolgrowers allows AWI to maintain the standard and reputation of Australian wool.

Off-farm testing methods allow a more accurate prediction of wool’s pre-processing quality, contamination risk and helps minimise the costs of implementing new technologies.
 
An increase in the occurrence of dark and medullated contamination of greasy Australian wool is of concern to our global processors.

AWI has developed a program to directly attack the incidence of these fibres, the Dark and Medullated Fibre Risk (DMFR) Scheme, which allows woolgrowers to accurately asses the risk of contamination.

 

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