Favourable seasonal conditions have seen wool production in Australia stabilise.

This season production is expected to rise by 1.1 percent, despite a 5 percent fall in the number of sheep being shorn.

Rural Editor Eddie Summerfield caught up with Wool Production Forecasting committee Chairman Russell Pattinson to find out more:

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