wool prices

Wool Feasibility Study
Agriculture/Livestock News
Call for The Wool Feasibility Study to be published
The Wool Feasibility Study is still under review, and ICSA Sheep chair Sean McNamara is calling for the immediate publication of the report. This is as “anger grows among sheep farmers due to ridiculously low wool prices in Ireland.” Mr McNamara comments that while wool prices are struggling internationally, Irish wool prices are particularly bad. “Farmers in the North and Great Britain have received 36.4p/kg STG (42c/kg) for wool for…
Wool prices Ireland
News
Wool prices not yet set for new season quality product
Wool prices this year are likely to be no different from the last two years. This does not bode well for farmers who have had to accept 5c/kg to 20c/kg for their wool clip since 2020. What’s more, shearing costs could rise. Is there light at the end of the tunnel? Not really. There is a lot of wool available, despite the trade picking up before Christmas 2021. Elsewhere, sales…