2016 – Why do wool prices hardly cover the cost of shearing?
Wool prices in the UK will only just cover the cost of shearing, and that’s on bred/crossbred wools. Us poor Swale farmers have no chance! (I’ve seen people trying to burn Swaledale fleeces in the past, it doesn’t burn so easily…) For example, shearers will charge around £ 1.20 per sheep to shear, crossbred fleece will be around 2.5kgs at £ 1.00/kg. I remember my Grandad saying the wool cheque would pay the rent of the farm for the year, those days look well and truly gone!
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Read more of Pete Handley’s Farming Futures blog, here: http://www.farmingfutures.org.uk/blog/why-do-wool-prices-hardly-cover-cost-shearing-and-what-can-we-do-about-it
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