Wool price rising due to knitted trainers , i wont hold my breath !

[andybk]

Wool price rising to record levels due to knitted trainers , according to bloomberg ,(admittedly aus price ) yea right bet we see yet another reduction in clip value this year ,

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

 

[Still Farming]

Knitted model village in paper today too ?

 

[alwayslearning]

What we need is moleskin to become fashionable.
Then hopefully someone will catch all the barstewards for free

 

[Paul E]

Wool price could go up 100%......... 100% of F*ck all is still F*ck all.

Just sayin'.

 

[andybk]

What we need is moleskin to become fashionable.
Then hopefully someone will catch all the barstewards for free

i used to get 6d for a dry skin when i was a kid ,bought many a matchbox car .
never know if nike hit a rich vein with their knitted boots (imagine the weight when they get wet ) , we will all be millionaires rodney , sure you made the right choice @Tim W ? lol

 

[Tim W]

i used to get 6d for a dry skin when i was a kid ,bought many a matchbox car .
never know if nike hit a rich vein with their knitted boots (imagine the weight when they get wet ) , we will all be millionaires rodney , sure you made the right choice @Tim W ? lol

Get the wool up to £6.50/kg and i will think about it --
Wool is just like many traits, easy to breed onto an animal ...2 crosses with a woolly thing (if i could find a decent one ) and my shedders would have a nice fleece

 

[Bury the Trash]

Get the wool up to £6.50/kg and i will think about it --
Wool is just like many traits, easy to breed onto an animal ...2 crosses with a woolly thing (if i could find a decent one ) and my shedders would have a nice fleece

its interesting to watch, even with the recent wind and rain, they haven't behaved any differently to the wooled ewes ...grazing with tails to the wind etc...

 

[JD-Kid]

talked to a mate just yesterday about this
a rise in carpets and finer wools for ice breaker etc etc but middle micron wools left behing a bit for products etc
knitting wools droped a bit with the likes of china getting a bit more money in tougher times people knitted but if have more ready cash buy off the rack
intresting the write up and hopefully some of the fashion people see a opening in markets for sales of there products and tell the story of were the product comes from etc with the truth not the anti animal people putting there spin on it

 

[tepapa]

Aren't kitted wool shoes called socks?

I'll get my coat.

 

[yellowbelly]

Get the wool up to £6.50/kg and i will think about it --

Hey there Tim, you're moving the goalposts already
It's gone up 50p since Saturday......

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They say if you keep something long enough , it'll eventually come back into fashion
When wool gets to £6/kg i'll be coming to get a ram from you

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[Frank-the-Wool]

The move away from plastics and man made fibre from oil will give wool and all natural and renewable products a great boost.
It is clear that in terms of cost plastics will always be cheap, however if the effect is the damage to the environment and the ecology and politicians putting taxes on damaging plastics then wool could come back at a much higher value very quickly.

Wool can be used for insulation and protection of delicate or temperature controlled products. The price of fine wools is already at a high level and it is only a matter of time before medium wools are dragged up in price. We are already seeing the better quality Romney wool going up in price.

 

[Tim W]

Hey there Tim, you're moving the goalposts already
It's gone up 50p since Saturday......

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They say if you keep something long enough , it'll eventually come back into fashion
When wool gets to £6/kg i'll be coming to get a ram from you

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Yes----keep having to revise the cost when i remember just what a pain it is to produce

 

[andybk]

The move away from plastics and man made fibre from oil will give wool and all natural and renewable products a great boost.
It is clear that in terms of cost plastics will always be cheap, however if the effect is the damage to the environment and the ecology and politicians putting taxes on damaging plastics then wool could come back at a much higher value very quickly.

Wool can be used for insulation and protection of delicate or temperature controlled products. The price of fine wools is already at a high level and it is only a matter of time before medium wools are dragged up in price. We are already seeing the better quality Romney wool going up in price.

the biggest issue with wool is how to scour it , without damaging the environment though frank ,

 

[beardface]

The move away from plastics and man made fibre from oil will give wool and all natural and renewable products a great boost.
It is clear that in terms of cost plastics will always be cheap, however if the effect is the damage to the environment and the ecology and politicians putting taxes on damaging plastics then wool could come back at a much higher value very quickly.

Wool can be used for insulation and protection of delicate or temperature controlled products. The price of fine wools is already at a high level and it is only a matter of time before medium wools are dragged up in price. We are already seeing the better quality Romney wool going up in price.

Couldn’t agree more. I think wool could see a huge uplift in value as plastics are reduced and man made bio degraded fibres become the buzzword. There’s also an evergrowing knit wool market in the uk for all grades of wool. Plus there’s the potential uses of proteins in wool fibre and whatever else they can think to do with it. So I’d say the future is bright for wool, it’s just that it will likely be a steady curve in the short term.

The problem we currently have here is poor grading and sorting on farm, something which the Southern Hemisphere does far better and so still adds value to currently a low value product (mid micron wool). What we need is BWMB to invest in producers with info and courses on on-farm sorting and grading and potentially grants into better packing equipment.

 

[Hilly]

Couldn’t agree more. I think wool could see a huge uplift in value as plastics are reduced and man made bio degraded fibres become the buzzword. There’s also an evergrowing knit wool market in the uk for all grades of wool. Plus there’s the potential uses of proteins in wool fibre and whatever else they can think to do with it. So I’d say the future is bright for wool, it’s just that it will likely be a steady curve in the short term.

The problem we currently have here is poor grading and sorting on farm, something which the Southern Hemisphere does far better and so still adds value to currently a low value product (mid micron wool). What we need is BWMB to invest in producers with info and courses on on-farm sorting and grading and potentially grants into better packing equipment.

I liked that till the last sentence, why do farmers always want grants ? its pathetic man, i want farming to stand on its own feet and be more than happy to be able too turn around and say hey shuv your grant up your arse.

 

[andybk]

The problem we currently have here is poor grading and sorting on farm, something which the Southern Hemisphere does far better and so still adds value to currently a low value product (mid micron wool). What we need is BWMB to invest in producers with info and courses on on-farm sorting and grading and potentially grants into better packing equipment.

cant see that happening , with returns only just coving the shearing , who wants to invest in people / equipment / training , to sort and pack wool ? prob worth it down under as they have volume to shift , but here , for someone with a few hundred sheep it aint going to happen , its a vicious circle .
The wilts / exlana / easycare are popular simply because of the hassle wool is to farmers , and like tim said returns need to reflect the value to produce , especially when elanco keep pushing the price of fly protection chem up and up ,

 

[Highcountryshepherd]

what happened to all the scouring plants an wool Mills in Bradford ? Another problem is the bwmb with all there grades . Andybk it is so so easy to grade wool off sheep in uk while shearing and cost would be no extra if the shearer s have a rousey , but it's the unwillingness of many farmers to change and as a person above said grants who for shearing contractors, farmers or people starting up .?

 

[yellowbelly]

what happened to all the scouring plants an wool Mills in Bradford ?

I think there's only one or two left

 

[Hilly]

Its hard to belive wool has not been utilised more over the last few decades, what a product , its fantastic stuff currently been vastly under used and under valued.

 

[Hilly]

Got to be a massive opportunity `s with wool surely. Non more so thsn now with plastic coming under ever increasing pressure.