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Grace O'Dea, Angus Verley, David Claughton

REVEALED: Biological defleecing method could see wool pulled off a sheep s back through corn protein injection | Vintage Vibes

AWI Chairman Jock Laurie on his Walcha farm (Supplied: Jock Laurie)

The wool industry is spending $1.4 million on a breakthrough shearing method that utilises a system of biological defleecing. 

The technique is based on a protein from the corn plant called zein.

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