£7.49

[wiggyv8]

Just got word 479 swale yearlings fleeces value off the wool board .Shore a month ago and brought home 3 different farms so only a third of £7.49 is mine just had to laugh and wounded is it really worth so little or WB just waste of time

 

[Ffermer Bach]

or wool a waste of time!

 

[andybk]

can see this being the end of the wool board , its one thing to have a big reduction and only just covering shearing , but being valueless simply cant go on . packing , transport , storage only adds more cost to farmer .

 

[farenheit]

Shearing is simply a welfare task like worming now. We need to forget about any value to it as it's too depressing.

 

[Dry Rot]

With wool being a natural insulator and the government announcing a big spend on insulating houses, I would have thought there was a connection. But then I got rid of the sheep, so wouldn't know.

 

[Yale]

can see this being the end of the wool board , its one thing to have a big reduction and only just covering shearing , but being valueless simply cant go on . packing , transport , storage only adds more cost to farmer .

If the wool board ends its the end of a UK wool market.

Don’t forget it is a cooperative,together we are stronger.

If there was no wool board the wool would be your problem not theirs with no buyers.

I probably subsidise those with poorer type wool in remote locations by supporting OUR wool board.

 

[cudota]

British Wool grade .. pack .. sample wool ready for auction the price is set by the buyers at the auctions

 

[PSQ]

We have half a dozen of someone else's sheep on a grass park, somewhat surprised that the fleeces went on to the muck heap.

 

[Cowabunga]

British Wool grade .. pack .. sample wool ready for auction the price is set by the buyers at the auctions

The end user of the wool has to make a product that is judged against Matalan and Primark prices. That is today's reality.

 

[Cowabunga]

We have half a dozen of someone else's sheep on a grass park, somewhat surprised that the fleeces went on to the muck heap.

Does it rot? Otherwise there will be a hell of a mess when it is spread and one angry muckspreader driver

 

[pgk]

Does it rot? Otherwise there will be a hell of a mess when it is spread and one angry muckspreader driver

Makes good compost when mixed with fym, tremendous mulch, what we always used daggings for before we moved to shedders. Thinking of putting texel and chartex wool in muck heap this time as I suspect diesel to take two sheets to collection point will only balance out.

 

[Bogweevil]

Does it rot? Otherwise there will be a hell of a mess when it is spread and one angry muckspreader driver

Excellent slow release nitrogen fertiliser is wool - wool waste (shoddy) used to be much sought after in early C20 by market gardeners - never seen it for sale in my lifetime, but it is northern thing and I seldom venture north of Warminster.

 

[PSQ]

Does it rot? Otherwise there will be a hell of a mess when it is spread and one angry muckspreader driver

6 fleeces buried in a 1200t midden of pig muck, I doubt it will be a problem.

 

[curlietailz]

Raw wool for sale ontintenet
Weavers and crafters love it
Raw and greasy
Example below

 

[Jackov Altraids]

Wool is a quality product with many useful properties.
It is long lasting whilst being bio-degradable.
It's carbon footprint must be negligible.
It requires no inputs/ resources beyond sun, water and grass.
I appreciate that this is an extraordinary time being in the middle of a global pandemic, but if a marketing board can't market this product it is a bad show.

 

[Cowabunga]

6 fleeces buried in a 1200t midden of pig muck, I doubt it will be a problem.

If they don't rot it will be as much of a problem as six fleeces buried in 120 tons of pig muck and one hell of a fluffy mess on the field unless ploughed in.

 

[Still Farming]

Don't send it simple.
Why give it to those lot???

 

[neilo]

Wool is a quality product with many useful properties.
It is long lasting whilst being bio-degradable.
It's carbon footprint must be negligible.
It requires no inputs/ resources beyond sun, water and grass.
I appreciate that this is an extraordinary time being in the middle of a global pandemic, but if a marketing board can't market this product it is a bad show.

The wool board grade, pack and auction it on our behalf. The companies that buy it (a lot in China) are either on shut down, or seeing a massive downturn in demand themselves, as retailing is struggling and few are recarpeting houses, exhibition centres, etc.
BWMB can’t just conjure up a market out of thin air.

 

[Still Farming]

The wool board grade, pack and auction it on our behalf. The companies that buy it (a lot in China) are either on shut down, or seeing a massive downturn in demand themselves, as retailing is struggling and few are recarpeting houses, exhibition centres, etc.
BWMB can’t just conjure up a market out of thin air.

Farmers keep it simple.

 

[Jackov Altraids]

If they don't rot it will be as much of a problem as six fleeces buried in 120 tons of pig muck and one hell of a fluffy mess on the field unless ploughed in.

It takes quite some time to rot, especially if in a big clump.
If well mixed, you'll see bits when spread but not cause any problem.

The wool board grade, pack and auction it on our behalf. The companies that buy it (a lot in China) are either on shut down, or seeing a massive downturn in demand themselves, as retailing is struggling and few are recarpeting houses, exhibition centres, etc.
BWMB can’t just conjure up a market out of thin air.

I thought I'd alluded to that.
My point is that there are thousands of potential uses for wool that might not normally be cost effective. A marketing board should be promoting it as a better alternative to 'rockwool' etc.
They've had time to come up with a strategy.
If there job is just turning up for auction, there's not much marketing going on.