Yep, he knows where the money is.......
Wool...what will you do with yours...
- Thread starter Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- central scotland
My father came back with the story he had ceased trading , wether that was just from the Perth depot or what I don’t know, haven’t heard from anywhere else was just wondering if anyone had heard anything
sheepwise
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- Location
- SW Scotland
Yep heard they're going back to buying everything at auction from wool board where they are guaranteed regular quality and storage until they need it.
- Location
- Perthshire, Scotland
A big win for wool producers, another buyer “around the ring”
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
Looks like Covid hit Texacloth, there will be a story and reasons behind it but the drop in net value for 2020 seems scary
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- Location
- North Wales
Heard on the grape vine, wool price will be down this year as the cost of electricity to process it has gone up so much. So probably best if you burn it.Think i'll be burning my wool again this year, shame really
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
Do wool board still make you roll it? I just throw it in belly wool and all
muleman
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I'll send my mule and bfl and burn the swale i think, have been sending to DB and they have halved the price for swale to 10p so i got the impression demand isnt going to be as strong.
Makes a mockery of those saying price would mend after covid.
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
Why don’t you midden it bit of a waste of nutrients. I spread some Welsh ewe wool some one gave me maybe 80 fleeces looking a right sausage when i spread it but it had gone by the following spring
- Location
- East Sussex
It all depends on what it is and if any effort has been made to improve it.
Most coarse Hill wool has no future at the moment unless there is a move to ban plastic carpets. Listening to the news this morning and virtually every week you hear about issues of micro and nano plastics that are polluting and destroying the planet.
The better quality wools will see an upturn (not enough) as more can be switched to apparel.
There is huge demand and value in superfine Merino at the moment and this will filter down to the better low micron white wools.
I have never known as much interest as there is at the moment for small processors to use wool. In fact larger knitwear companies would like to use British wool but they need it finer and in sufficient quantities to make a line.
Please do roll the fleece and put the Belly wool in as it just slows down the Graders and they will just chuck it all in the lower value bin if they are not able to grade it.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
You’ll soon be coming round to the idea of shedders, that spread their own nutrient rich fibres on the ground.
- Location
- The North
Not read whole thread but bwmb sent me a letter other day basically telling me it worthless again?
Same excuses of electric and processing costs.
If db are paying 45p it will go to them, I’ve still got last years to go aswell!
Same excuses of electric and processing costs.
If db are paying 45p it will go to them, I’ve still got last years to go aswell!
muleman
Member
Db definitely the best of a bad bunch.
Could have saved some money by not sending that out I thought.
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
If I could get a tex x mule equivalent that shed I would. The jab also intrigues me tooYou’ll soon be coming round to the idea of shedders, that spread their own nutrient rich fibres on the ground.
suffolksmallholder
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- Location
- Suffolk
There is huge value in wool for loft insulation!
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muleman
Member
Hate to see it messing the fields up, it wont have much value as a nutrient.
Swaledale has bred the wool off the sheep now so can see why it isnt worth much, some are wondering if theyve taken too much wool off them now which is a contributing factor to them not being as hardy as thry were maybe
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