It ain't fashion, if it ain't sustainable

Centre for Excellence in Livestock

Wool / UK Productivity

23 January 2024

3 minutes

Current testing is for aggregated lots from multiple farms, with no routine testing for farms or individual sheep. Lots are often highly variable for diameter, due to variation within animal fleeces, between animals and between farms, significantly reducing price.

UK Research Project to Look at Value of Wool through Breeding and Genetics

A research project in the UK is conducting a feasibility study to evaluate the potential of reducing micron count of finer wool quality UK sheep breeds to increase productivity, sustainability and resilience for sheep farmers and the wool industry.

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