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Summer Newsletter 2026

Welcome to AWI Extension WA’s Summer Newsletter for 2026. This newsletter is packed with the latest resources and information to help WA woolgrowers. 

In this newsletter, we cover:

  1. ​​​The WA woolgrower’s guide to containment feeding -  This guide provides practical steps on site selection, nutrition, and infrastructure, featuring expert insights from Esperance woolgrower Simon Fowler on how to lift flock performance while reducing costs.
  2. Improving conception, scanning results and lamb survival -  This guide outlines the critical links between pre-joining nutrition, mating duration, and pregnancy management, providing WA woolgrowers with a roadmap to optimise ewe energy reserves and lift whole-flock productivity through the challenging summer-autumn period.
  3. Practical steps to drought-proof your sheep enterprise - This article shares practical, research-backed strategies to plan ahead, protect core genetics and secure feed and water before the next dry hits.
  4. Staying ahead of Barber’s Pole: Managing worm risk in a changing WA climate - This article breaks down the integrated worm management pillars—monitoring, nutrition, grazing, genetics, strategic drenching and vaccinating—required to break the cycle of reinfection and protect your bottom line.
  5. Wool trivia challenge - Test your knowledge with a quick 10-question trivia challenge. Wool ewe take the challenge?
  6. Wool Grower Needs WA 2026 Survey - Complete this short survey to have your say about what upcoming topics, extension priority areas and initiatives AWI Extension WA should deliver during 2026 and beyond. 

We've also provided a bunch of additional resources and information to help throughout the articles in this newsletter. 

Make sure you check it all out!

2026 Newsletters

Catch up on the latest news and updates from AWI Extension WA.

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Summer 2026 Newsletter

Check out the articles and resources we’ve put together for you in this Summer 2026 edition of our newsletter for the latest in research, extension initiatives and events relevant to WA woolgrowers.

2025 Newsletters

Catch up on the latest news and updates from AWI Extension WA.

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Summer 2025 Newsletter

Check out the collection of articles and resources we’ve put together for you in this Summer 2025 edition of our newsletter, for the latest in research, extension initiatives and events relevant to WA woolgrowers.

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Autumn 2025 Newsletter

Check out the articles and resources we’ve put together for you in this Autumn 2025 edition of our newsletter for the latest in research, extension initiatives and events relevant to WA woolgrowers.

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Winter 2025 Newsletter

Check out the articles and resources we’ve put together for you in this Winter 2025 edition of our newsletter for the latest in research, extension initiatives and events relevant to WA woolgrowers.

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Spring 2025 Newsletter

Check out the articles and resources we’ve put together for you in this Spring 2025 edition of our newsletter for the latest in research, extension initiatives and events relevant to WA woolgrowers.

2024 Newsletters

Catch up on the AWI Extension WA newsletter articles from last year.

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Spring 2024 Newsletter

Check out the collection of articles and resources we’ve put together for you in this Spring edition of our newsletter, for the latest in research, extension initiatives and events relevant to WA woolgrowers.

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Winter 2024 Newsletter

Check out the collection of articles and resources we’ve put together for you in this Winter edition of our newsletter, for the latest in research, extension initiatives and events relevant to WA woolgrowers.

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Autumn 2024 Newsletter

The latest information on some recent AWI Extension WA developments and initiatives, and carefully crafted articles to support you through the current challenging seasonal conditions and set you up for success for the rest of the year.

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Summer 2024 Newsletter

Check out the collection of articles and resources we’ve put together for you in this Summer edition of our newsletter, for the latest in research, extension initiatives and events relevant to WA woolgrowers.