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The workshop will feature the second shearing of wethers involved in a fine wool wether trial. Representatives from Agriculture Western Australia's Centre for the Management of Arid Environments will be in attendance to identify some of the issues in applying the technology in the southern rangelands. Dr Johan Greeff will also give a presentation on his surprising discoveries about fine wool production in South Africa. Dr Greeff has recently returned from visiting the tough Karoo region of South Africa, where locally adapted broad wool sheep were mated with fine wool rams form Tasmania over an eight year period. The progeny cut heavy fleeces of 19 micron wool and survived just as well as the locally adapted medium wool sheep.