"But you just have to stay optimistic, costs are going up, but that's the same for every industry … you can make a living out of this by making smart breeding and management decisions."
"I've always grown up around wool — we've always been in the shearing sheds and the yards, rustling around in the back of Dad's old utes, fumbling around, playing in trees, playing in troughs, always a part of the industry,"she said.
"And I want younger people to be more interested and they are starting to be, which is wonderful."
"Really in my lifetime I haven't seen a good wool market compared to generations before me, so for me it's pure passion and a little bit of hope,"Mr Dawson said.
"We're very positive and are here for the long term."
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