Research and development services in the sheep and wool industry including research development of sheep breeding and genetics, wool production, molecular genetic technologies for heritability of desired sheep characteristics, sheep health and exotic diseases, quality fibre production; uses of yarns, woollen material or wool-containing finished products, and collection and analysis of data from producer initiated research and development; preparation of reports for dissemination of information; conduct of proficiency trials for wool testing laboratories and publication of results; analysis of producer assembled sheep and wool production and genetic data; linkage with analysis software, and computerised file management; preparation and presentation of the analysed data to participating industry members; wool industry and market analysis and review