The Sheep’s Back's is AWI's producer network in Western Australia and our mission is to champion the Western Australian Merino sheep industry and improve grower confidence and their capacity to make better and timelier decisions.
The Sheep's Back delivers information to WA wool producers and other industry representatives on our network of over 2100 contacts via newsletters, workshops, timely text reminders, major events such as Sheep Easy and more.
A Services Menu giving some further information about what The Sheep's Back can provide can be found here: Sheep's Back - Tools & Resources (sheepsback.com.au)
Follow us on Twitter (@sheepsback) and Facebook (The Sheeps Back) for all our latest information.
Also check out our YouTube channel https://tinyurl.com/y3ehrxoj
Membership
We have over 2300 members, of which 1700 are Western Australian woolgrowers
Network Composition
Job Title and Total in Network
Farmer 1,690
Agribusiness 413
Student 113
Farm Employee 48
DPIRD 33
Education 33
Animal Health 26
Total 2356
Wool & Sheep Numbers
Area 5,098,567
Sheep Total 8,083,238
Ewe Numbers 4,500,407
Wool Bales 221,861
All News
Featured News
Western Australia worms, flies and lice update - August 2020
Albany: Brown Besier, Brown Besier Parasitology (brown@bbpara.com.au)
The recent rains in many districts have been welcome, but there won’t be much change in the parasite situation since the last mon
Western Australia worms, flies and lice update - July 2020
Albany: Brown Besier, Brown Besier Parasitology (brown@bbpara.com.au)
As with the comments last month, the continuing dry conditions and patchy rainfall don’t mean that worms are not a risk at this t
Western Australia worms, flies and lice update - May 2020
Albany: Brown Besier, Brown Besier Parasitology (brown@bbpara.com.au)
It’s the merry month of May, and lambs are hitting the ground in droves! Unfortunately, worms seem to know that, and are getting