whos selling wool to the irish , ?

ford4000

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north Wales
Impressed that you have 2017 paid already - are you sure you don't mean 2016? Looked back and in 2016 I averaged 75p/kg, with almost 1.7kg of wool per sheep, giving roughly £1.27 a fleece. Glad I don't get a contractor in to do it for me.
2017 clip it said , with a small advance for 2018 which has been delivered but hasn't been graded yet
 

ford4000

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north Wales
Impressed that you have 2017 paid already - are you sure you don't mean 2016? Looked back and in 2016 I averaged 75p/kg, with almost 1.7kg of wool per sheep, giving roughly £1.27 a fleece. Glad I don't get a contractor in to do it for me.
2016 was just over 80p/kg for me , 83p/kg off the top of my head
 

Tim W

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Wiltshire
@Tim W sounds like you might have a new customer here...

Whoever you're selling to i know you're not getting rich at it
Wool may be a great product but the reality is that for the vast majority of producers it doesn't pay

I can't see this changing until wool can compete with synthetics ----environmental taxes could bring this about ?
In the meantime you know where to come ;)
 

JD-Kid

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the 1.30 a head is that just the shearer or. the costs in time. and wool roller. etc etc taking in to account as well
here. crossbred wool nothing. flash. but. just covers costs a bit finer a wee bit left over for a beer and a pie
costs the same amount to shear a sheep might as well get the best. return per kg you can and be proud of it as long as people think it's a byproduct. it will be priced that way
 

muleman

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Impressed that you have 2017 paid already - are you sure you don't mean 2016? Looked back and in 2016 I averaged 75p/kg, with almost 1.7kg of wool per sheep, giving roughly £1.27 a fleece. Glad I don't get a contractor in to do it for me.
I`m afraid they are fleecing us.
 

Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
They aren't, it's just that the value of the raw product has dropped due to supply outstripping demand. I can't blame my sales agent when we've flooded the market with a product that nobody wants to buy.

Synthetic fabrics are what's driven wool prices to where it is... why buy a wool jumper when you can buy an acrylic one for £10 (which you won't shrink in the wash)
 

JD-Kid

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Synthetic fabrics are what's driven wool prices to where it is... why buy a wool jumper when you can buy an acrylic one for £10 (which you won't shrink in the wash)
stand near a open fire in. a old recycled coke bottle. jumper and. see what happens it shrinks fast then
I hate to say it this way but. the sale of wool would skyrocket after someones kid. gets shrunk wrapped in a so called wool jumper fear marketing works wonders
 

hendrebc

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Livestock Farmer
I've had a nice little certificate from them for our wool presentation,and I wouldn't call mule and Lleyn wool sh!t.....but 65p/kg is a sh!t price
And theres me thinking we were special for getting a certificate :(

The injection wasnt reliable enough to be able to sell wasnt it? Or thats what i was told anyway, that some sheep wouldnt shed and had to be shorn anyway or something
 
Location
Cleveland
the 1.30 a head is that just the shearer or. the costs in time. and wool roller. etc etc taking in to account as well
here. crossbred wool nothing. flash. but. just covers costs a bit finer a wee bit left over for a beer and a pie
costs the same amount to shear a sheep might as well get the best. return per kg you can and be proud of it as long as people think it's a byproduct. it will be priced that way
£1.30 is just for the clipping of the sheep and nothing else...£2.60 for tups
 
This year we have shorn a few shredders that folk have in there flock with there wool sheep , that haven't shed worried that they will get strike . And guess who had the most sh!t on they you guessed it the wool free sheep
 

exmoor dave

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exmoor, uk
And theres me thinking we were special for getting a certificate :(

The injection wasnt reliable enough to be able to sell wasnt it? Or thats what i was told anyway, that some sheep wouldnt shed and had to be shorn anyway or something


I think the injection was only reliable on merinos, something to do with the difference between how the wool grows.
 

exmoor dave

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exmoor, uk
This year we have shorn a few shredders that folk have in there flock with there wool sheep , that haven't shed worried that they will get strike . And guess who had the most sh!t on they you guessed it the wool free sheep


sounds like cross bred stock, even a un-shed ewe should only have a short winter coat.
And even then if there was any worry about strike, a 25ml line of dysect at 30p would have been a easier/cheaper option.

If the stock were sh!tty then there's the clue why they haven't shed- stock in poor nick shed poorly/ slowly
 

Nithsdale

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Livestock Farmer
stand near a open fire in. a old recycled coke bottle. jumper and. see what happens it shrinks fast then
I hate to say it this way but. the sale of wool would skyrocket after someones kid. gets shrunk wrapped in a so called wool jumper fear marketing works wonders


Still more failsafe in the washing machine, don't need any special attention. Wool can't beat that.
 

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