Review of the draft release National Wool Declaration

Following the release of the Draft National Wool Declaration (NWD) V8 on 18 February 2020, Livestock SA would like to support Wool Producers Australia’s comments once again regarding the AWEX’s Review of the NWD.
We wish to reiterate that the proposal to still include identification of alternative methods to mulesing adds another dimension that was not envisaged when the NWD was first introduced. Livestock SA is concerned that this will add to confusion not only for growers, but along the wool pipeline including buyers, processors, retailers and customers. This alteration could meant that less wool producers will provide this. While Livestock SA does not agree with making the NWD mandatory, its use needs to be encouraged.