Wool...what will you do with yours...

[Poorbuthappy]

I absolutely despise the stuff, wish the lot would just drop out

Well....











@TimW

 

[Nithsdale]

I wouldnt say they're defrauding, they just arent paying anything (which is their,or anyones right) for it so cant complain if no one sends them it.

If you want paid... breed better wool.

You are rewarded for quality.

If I include last years advance, I'm still over £1/ewe paid this year - and the BWMB still has 1/3 of my wool to sell...

 

[muleman]

If you want paid... breed better wool.

You are rewarded for quality.

If I include last years advance, I'm still over £1/ewe paid this year - and the BWMB still has 1/3 of my wool to sell...

Ive got the same quality wool now as i had 3 or 4 yrs since when i recieved £800 for it, and its the same quality wool as the hill boys paid their rent with not that long since.
its the same quality wool that is used to make a jumper that costs £80 or £100.
Someone somewhere is profiting nicely out of the job.
As i said above a wool cheque, or lack of one,wont break me or any other farmer nowadays, i just find it strange, and a bit sad, that a natural , renewable, product cant be put to some use instead of plastics etc

 

[Tim W]

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@TimW

I've been waiting ---patiently

 

[Tim W]

There's no point complaining
Wool hasn't been worth much for ages ---we've all been saying ''next year it'll be good'' for too long

The big hopes for wool are
1) Green tax on synthetics
2) Produce quality and market it
3) Don't produce it and concentrate on what does pay

 

[M-J-G]

npk value of 7p/kg i reckon......blended into muckheap here

Same here.
The wool board can come and collect the empty bags if they want them.

 

[Nithsdale]

Ive got the same quality wool now as i had 3 or 4 yrs since when i recieved £800 for it, and its the same quality wool as the hill boys paid their rent with not that long since.
its the same quality wool that is used to make a jumper that costs £80 or £100.
Someone somewhere is profiting nicely out of the job.
As i said above a wool cheque, or lack of one,wont break me or any other farmer nowadays, i just find it strange, and a bit sad, that a natural , renewable, product cant be put to some use instead of plastics etc

The world (developed country government's) is an oil junkie, petrochemical oils and plastics industries will rule until there's none left. It is a sad state.

But look down the wool values list. Swale is pretty much at the bottom. The information is there, do with it what you can to improve your lot...

 

[muleman]

The world (developed country government's) is an oil junkie, petrochemical oils and plastics industries will rule until there's none left. It is a sad state.

But look down the wool values list. Swale is pretty much at the bottom. The information is there, do with it what you can to improve your lot...

Im not interested in getting into a debate into which sheep has better wool than another, the facts are that all wool is way undervalued and someone somewhere is making a nice living out of it being that way.
Farmers arent expecting to get rich off a wool cheque , i wouldnt even say they are getting mad about it, but if 'there is no market' for it and it 'isnt worth anything' only a fool would keep sending it.
I know who will 'bleat' first tho(pardon the pun) when the supply has run dry ...and it wont be the farmer!

 

[Farmer Keith]

The world (developed country government's) is an oil junkie, petrochemical oils and plastics industries will rule until there's none left. It is a sad state.

But look down the wool values list. Swale is pretty much at the bottom. The information is there, do with it what you can to improve your lot...

You’d be a fool to change the breeding of your sheep to capitalise on a non existent wool trade, surely those days are long gone.

 

[Nithsdale]

Im not interested in getting into a debate into which sheep has better wool than another, the facts are that all wool is way undervalued and someone somewhere is making a nice living out of it being that way.
Farmers arent expecting to get rich off a wool cheque , i wouldnt even say they are getting mad about it, but if 'there is no market' for it and it 'isnt worth anything' only a fool would keep sending it.
I know who will 'bleat' first tho(pardon the pun) when the supply has run dry ...and it wont be the farmer!

Only ones I've heard saying there's no market for wool are the Irish. And as @neilo said earlier in the threat there was a photo doing the rounds on Facebook of a wool slip from Ireland paying a grand total of €17 for 335kgs.


The current situation is difficult but it isn't the BWMBs fault... and poor prices are global.


Maybe I'm not rich enough to just snub the wool cheque but I've improved my wool and was getting around £2k from 700 fleeces. It isn't a lot maybe to you, but it almost pays my ewe lamb wintering rent... It all adds up

 

[Rob Garrett]

Burn it
Keep it till next year
Sell it

well it looks like it’s worthless what are people doing with theirs?

DB Wools .45p/kg Mule grade 15 July. Normally would do 50:50 DB Wools:Wool Board, but needed the cash this year so more to DB

 

[Farmer Keith]

Only ones I've heard saying there's no market for wool are the Irish. And as @neilo said earlier in the threat there was a photo doing the rounds on Facebook of a wool slip from Ireland paying a grand total of €17 for 335kgs.


The current situation is difficult but it isn't the BWMBs fault... and poor prices are global.


Maybe I'm not rich enough to just snub the wool cheque but I've improved my wool and was getting around £2k from 700 fleeces. It isn't a lot maybe to you, but it almost pays my ewe lamb wintering rent... It all adds up

Fair enough but breeding for one trait (ie wool quality) normally comes at the expense of another, I’m sure most will of abandoned wool many years ago.

 

[Nithsdale]

Fair enough but breeding for one trait (ie wool quality) normally comes at the expense of another, I’m sure most will of abandoned wool many years ago.

I'm not breeding for 1 trait.



But I'm not stupid enough to breed for bonny heids or colour, either...

 

[Farmer Keith]

I'm not breeding for 1 trait.



But I'm not stupid enough to breed for bonny heids or colour, either...

there’s still plenty breeding for that, I’m always surprised how many young breeders get caught up in that.

 

[wr.]

I took this load in to the Wool Board in June for nearly enough money to get drunk on and have another load ready to go in on Monday. No point in keeping it, nowhere to dump it and I just couldn't live with the smell of burning it.

 

[Nithsdale]

there’s still plenty breeding for that, I’m always surprised how many young breeders get caught up in that.

Aye, It's mental.

The Blackie breeders are taking the farce to another level since they all got wind turbines too

 

[Still Farming]

Fleece 'For Sale' direct from Farmers

Crafts event by The Artful Farmer's Wife blog on Saturday, July 18 2020 with 1.9K people interested and 620 people going. 252 posts in the discussion.

facebook.com

Anyone looked at this.
Thought all wool had to go through the BWMB ?
Maybe do what you want these days?

 

[neilo]

Fleece 'For Sale' direct from Farmers

Crafts event by The Artful Farmer's Wife blog on Saturday, July 18 2020 with 1.9K people interested and 620 people going. 252 posts in the discussion.

facebook.com

Anyone looked at this.
Thought all wool had to go through the BWMB ?
Maybe do what you want these days?

it’s been ‘do what you want’ for some time now, hence the Irishmen weaselling their way in.

 

[msheep66]

Mine has already gone and I got paid £8 a bag. Neighbour took it with his own so at least it didn't cost me any haulage.

 

[Paul E]

The privateer isn't very likely to phone you in 7-8 months and say he's sending a few hundred quid over cos trade improved after Christmas

On the flip side....
The money is already in your bank for when what trade there was collapsed after christmas..............