Four years ago, David Heraty was fed up. Standing in his sheep shed, he was exhausted after a hectic lambing season. The wool off his sheep was fetching 50 cent a fleece; a risible price for a textile ...

A study has been commissioned to investigate whether it would be viable to process wool and fibre in Devon. Wool prices are currently very low, but it is difficult for small producers to get wool ...

Sakteng, Trashigang—It is late morning in the highland settlement of Sakteng and the winter’s chill has already set in. spindles tradition will with locked content difficult resources increasing ...

Plans to develop domestic wool processing and other wool market diversification projects have come to a relative standstill due to a lack of funding, according to WoolProducers Australia.

On a windy autumn day, the gently rolling hills outside Rome set the stage for an unlikely gathering. Wool producers, designers, activists and even model, actor and farmer Isabella Rossellini and her ...

Continued investment into wool processing facilities and growing opportunities for broad wool hint at green shoots for the wool market once the Chinese economy picks up, driving demand.

Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences’ latest quarterly update predicts the Eastern Market Indicator will average 1550c/kg — a rise of 10 per cent. “This is … ...

A Bradford wool processing plant which has benefited from multi-million pounds worth of investment over the past five years is beating worldwide competition due to its green credentials. New equipment ...

it used to be said that for woolmen ‘every silver lining has a cloud’ but that’s certainly doesn’t apply to Martin Curtis and his team at Curtis Wools Direct, the Cottingley-based wool merchants he ...