Wool

copse · May 7, 2020

I know it’s not worth much at the best of times but have heard we are going to get next to nothing for it this year. Chaps we have shearing want to bring own wool wrapper with them as don’t want anyone near them for virus. So will have to pay to have wool wrapped and all other hassle with bagging storing and delivering it thinking would be better off just chucking it in a trailer and burning it.

TexelBen · May 7, 2020

copse said:
I know it’s not worth much at the best of times but have heard we are going to get next to nothing for it this year. Chaps we have shearing want to bring own wool wrapper with them as don’t want anyone near them for virus. So will have to pay to have wool wrapped and all other hassle with bagging storing and delivering it thinking would be better off just chucking it in a trailer and burning it.

Strange times, but burning it will be hard work.

Nithsdale · May 7, 2020

Folks who say "just burn it" have either never tried burning it... or had a hell of a lot of tyres they got rid of at the same time

Trade does seem to be on the slide. Not sure why that would be, though?!..

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neilo · May 7, 2020

Nithsdale Farmer said:
Folks who say "just burn it" have either never tried burning it... or had a hell of a lot of tyres they got rid of at the same time

Trade does seem to be on the slide. Not sure why that would be, though?!..

Global price of Wool, Fine

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I don’t suppose the Chinese will be buying much, and folk aren’t buying carpets or new clothes.
It would be amazing if if didn’t drop, not that it had far to go anyway!

neilo · May 7, 2020

@TimW must be busy this morning.....

Northern territory · May 7, 2020

Synthetic crud will be even cheaper with oil prices low

copse · May 7, 2020

1/05/2020
A brief on fleece wool for this coming season:
I think everybody is aware of the critical times we are going through and our wool trade is probably the most affected in the Agri-world.
Farmers can shear their sheep as normal – but concerned for a lack of shearers as 20% of shearers come from Southern Hemisphere – could be an opportunity for the local lads!. They can deliver their wool to their selling points but not to hang around – unload, get your weight docket and speedily leave.
Markets are non-existence at present – Both Bradford scouring plants are closed mainly because the spinners are closed as the carpet manufacturers and other end users are – the chain reaction.
China is still out of the market in the main – as our wools are out of fashion currently. Our wools are 30 to 35micron and can only be spun to a heave count of knitting yarn i.e. Aran or Chunky weights. Up to 5 or 6 years our wools were manufactured into yarns and sent to the provinces for hand knitting into heavy garments and we could sell 1,000’s of tons. Now huge numbers of these folk have moved into centrally heated tower blocks in new cities and no longer require heavy garments – hence light weights made from Merino wool is all the rage and merino prices are at an all-time high.
We, as Laurence Pierce (Wool Merchants) Ltd, having c. 15% of the English fleece wool market, face a never before seen future. We sell our wools 33% forward by 1st of June zero sold to date – balance on the spot market – will there be one?
Our options: we will be in a position to receive wool at our 35 intake points until we run out of space unless the chain is open by then. We will have to speculate on what the price might be but it will be very low. We may have to offer to make a price when we get a price!
Our customers received between 50 & 60p prompt payment last season!
It’s a shame to see the wool business as a waste disposal business. The commodity that built Great Britton over 3 centuries. A few more tweed jackets, Aran sweaters or square meters of carpets is not going to solve the problem – we must think outside the box and come up with new uses to take up large volumes of our wools.

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Vincent Pierce
Laurence Pierce (Wool Merchants) Ltd.
Unit 1 Railway Business Park, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.
P/F: +353-404-46410/46452 W:

Northeastfarmer · May 7, 2020

Wools been a waste of time for years....wish you could give them an injection and it dropped out

z.man · May 7, 2020

Northeastfarmer said:
Wools been a waste of time for years....wish you could give them an injection and it dropped out

Plenty of ewe’s that I gave an injection in the spring have their wool falling out now ?

Tim W · May 7, 2020

Northeastfarmer said:
Wools been a waste of time for years....wish you could give them an injection and it dropped out

A quick injection of genetics in the autumn will start you on the slippery slope to saving money on your wool problem

An ancient git · May 7, 2020

Tim W is right ..... Happy days for Exlanas !! I tried burning a bag with a bit of black wool once .... Never again ! That's why great in the house 'cos we won't fry in a hurry , mmmmm !!!!!

Hesstondriver · May 7, 2020

Round Bale it

hally · May 7, 2020

An ancient git said:
Tim W is right ..... Happy days for Exlanas !! I tried burning a bag with a bit of black wool once .... Never again ! That's why great in the house 'cos we won't fry in a hurry , mmmmm !!!!!

Wools like alot of things in farming nowadays whereby everybody seems to make money from except the primary producer. Try buying a wool suit or carpet......then its suddenly a premium product. Time to sit on it perhaps and wait for better times?

andybk · May 7, 2020

@Frank-the-Wool , will it store till next year if its bagged and dry , or will it discolour ? no point giving it away , not till this virus is in retreat at least

Tim W · May 7, 2020

neilo said:
@TimW must be busy this morning.....

Ironically I have been shearing the Char tups & Hogg's today

Hfd Cattle · May 7, 2020

Shearing our few here tomorrow the wool will go in a skip with the farm waste but we have only got 50 ish to do .

Tim W · May 7, 2020

Hfd Cattle said:
Shearing our few here tomorrow the wool will go in a skip with the farm waste but we have only got 50 ish to do .

I have used it in the past for mulching around trees or new hedges....great moisture retention & slow N release but for what is a quality product that's a bit of a sad end

Northeastfarmer · May 7, 2020

Tim W said:
A quick injection of genetics in the autumn will start you on the slippery slope to saving money on your wool problem

How do the lambs look off an exlana by the beltex

delilah · May 7, 2020

No use for volume, but if anyone wants to have a small amount turned in to added value products drop us a line. The cushions we make, we will this season be offering a service where you can send us your own photo to go on a cushion stuffed with your own wool.

https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/wool-processing-mini-mill.205896/

S J H · May 7, 2020

Nithsdale Farmer said:
Folks who say "just burn it" have either never tried burning it... or had a hell of a lot of tyres they got rid of at the same time

Trade does seem to be on the slide. Not sure why that would be, though?!..

Global price of Wool, Fine

Graph and download economic data for Global price of Wool, Fine (PWOOLFUSDM) from Jan 1990 to Dec 2024 about wool, World, and price.

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