Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Ask Irish farmers who have no bw how they get on .
Wool...what will you do with yours...
- Thread starter Northeastfarmer
- Start date
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Would you describe it as quality wool?
Very little UK wool is particularly high quality, only finding it’s way to carpets. That’s the reason it’s taken such a hit with COVID, which led to hotels and conference centres putting a stop to recarpeting.
Very little UK wool is good (fine) enough to go into clothing. When was the last time a UK sheep farmer considered the micron of the fleeces in the rams they use? As a national industry we produce sh*te wool which, like badly bred lambs in the market, always take the biggest hit when trade slumps.
- Location
- N.Lincs
That's why we need to kick up a stink now - so the WB wakes up and does something about it before it's too late............No, come back in 5 years. Then you’ll likely see a thread lamenting the loss of the auction system, with the Irish guys’ fans leading the charge no doubt, whilst still slating anyone that dares to sell dw.
.........maybe it's already too late. Both my local WB rep and my area WB rep don't seem too concerned
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
I’ve a photo of some freshly shorn ewes somewhere that would put you off ever using them. A BFL would have more shape.
We're talking of putting them into a Swale... there's no carcase to start with so anything is an improvement
- Location
- North Wales
Is the wool worth anything though?. A guy that breeds them near me burns the wool as it's less hassle.
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- Location
- Cheshire
I don’t know… cross sh!t with sh!t just makes more sh!t…We're talking of putting them into a Swale... there's no carcase to start with so anything is an improvement
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
It's like @yellowbelly wool... it has a high value. Bit you need quantity to make a viable lot size for any processor to really want it.
A handful fleeces each year is no good to the 'big boys' but present several thousand fleeces annually...
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
I don’t know… cross sh!t with sh!t just makes more sh!t…
True. Slap pretty colourings on their face and folks go mad for it though
- Location
- Cheshire
Or pricked ears…True. Slap pretty colourings on their face and folks go mad for it though
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
What would be ideal, is to have some sort of National organisation that could co-ordinate collection of those small quantities from a zillion small producers, grade & lot it together, then auction those sizeable lots.
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
What would be ideal, is to have some sort of National organisation that could co-ordinate collection of those small quantities from a zillion small producers, grade & lot it together, then auction those sizeable lots.
No thanks.
We don't need auctions.
- Location
- North Wales
And return any money that remains to the producer after they've taken their handling costs out first.What would be ideal, is to have some sort of National organisation that could co-ordinate collection of those small quantities from a zillion small producers, grade & lot it together, then auction those sizeable lots.
- Location
- N.Lincs
It would need a snappy name.....What would be ideal, is to have some sort of National organisation that could co-ordinate collection of those small quantities from a zillion small producers, grade & lot it together, then auction those sizeable lots.
........how about the British Wool Marketing Board
.............nah, it would never catch on
- Location
- North Wales
@yellow belly What was the value of your high quality but low volume wool, you received from the WB for last year's wool?
- Location
- N.Lincs
We haven't been paid for it yet as this year's is still here but the WB price list for it says 5p/kg
- Location
- North Wales
5p/kg Have you made a mistake there? You need an national organisation to gather up all the small quantities from across the nation to create a viable lot to sell at auction.We haven't been paid for it yet as this year's is still here but the WB price list for it says 5p/kg
- Location
- Dumfries & Galloway
But as @yellowbelly has said before... his wool is grown in such little volume nationally it can take a few years to grow enough wool for 1 lot in WB auction.
As I've said, you need quantity/critical mass
- Location
- North Wales
But the Lincoln fleeces weigh like lead, you'd only need half a dozen to get an 8t lot
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- Location
- Scottish Borders
@Hilly , have you dropped your Romney wool off to gala yet?
When I took my stuff in, the lad offloading it got very excited. Oh this is Romney wool, that’s fantastic, thanks very much!
It made a pleasant change from the usual sullen faced dead eyed feckers that usually haunt the workplace of the wool board depots.
Or maybe I’d just got used to going to the Irvine depot in Ayrshire ! ( Haunt of sullen faced dead eyed feckers!
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When I took my stuff in, the lad offloading it got very excited. Oh this is Romney wool, that’s fantastic, thanks very much!
It made a pleasant change from the usual sullen faced dead eyed feckers that usually haunt the workplace of the wool board depots.
Or maybe I’d just got used to going to the Irvine depot in Ayrshire ! ( Haunt of sullen faced dead eyed feckers!
)
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Not yet but will do soon, I have noticed they like the Romney wool@Hilly , have you dropped your Romney wool off to gala yet?
When I took my stuff in, the lad offloading it got very excited. Oh this is Romney wool, that’s fantastic, thanks very much!
It made a pleasant change from the usual sullen faced dead eyed feckers that usually haunt the workplace of the wool board depots.
Or maybe I’d just got used to going to the Irvine depot in Ayrshire ! ( Haunt of sullen faced dead eyed feckers!