Following his death in January 2026, the Australian Wool Education Trust (AWET) would like to acknowledge the enormous contribution of Emeritus Professor James Rowe to the Sheep Co-operative Research Centre (CRC). Prof Rowe was the CEO of the Sheep CRC from it inception in 2001 to its closure in 2019. He was instrumental in cultivating the integrated nature of the CRC’s research, development and adoption. The linkages between the different aspects of sheep production was a hallmark of the CRC. For more information, see this article published in Sheep Central.