Agri-Business
Wool prices pick up as 2020 selling season comes to a close
Markets for 2020 wool have started to pick up, with prices up around 38% compared to the slump experienced over...
British Wool
Sheep
British Wool announces English winner of its development programme
Imogen Ogborne from Devon has been announced as the winner of the new training and development programme from British Wool....
Agri-Business
British Wool to pay all producers who made a delivery to a depot in 2020
As the shearing season gets underway, British Wool has published details of producer payments and confirmed that all producers who...
Agri-Business
Andrew Hogley appointed as permanent CEO of British Wool
British Wool has announced that its board has appointed Andrew Hogley as their permanent chief executive officer (CEO). “Since stepping...
Agri-Business
British Wool announces changes to producer haulage charge
British Wool have announced changes to their producer haulage charges for the 2021 season. British Wool have confirmed, in order...
Sheep
British Wool and young farmers gear up for the shearing season
Supporting the training and development of the next generation of shearers and wool handlers is crucial to a thriving British...
Agri-Business
NI sheep farmers urged to ‘use it or lose it’ with wool board
Sheep farmers have been urged to continue to feed wool into wool depots, for fear shortages due to low prices...
Agri-Business
Stephenson returns unopposed as British Wool board member
Following British Wool’s call for nominations for members of the board in the English Central and English Northern Regions, Carl...
N.Ireland
Kelly re-elected as Ulster Wool board member
Following a call for nominations by Ulster Wool to represent wool producers in Northern Ireland, Brendan Kelly has been returned...
Sheep
British Wool launches major cost-saving initiative after impact of Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant detrimental impact on the global wool market and despite the fact that British...
Sheep
Welsh Government commits to increasing wool in public buildings
Wales has become the first of any UK nation to formally commit to using more wool in its public buildings....
Agri-Business
British Wool denied access to UK coronavirus support fund
Farmers unions across the UK have urged their retrospective governments to intervene after British Wool was refused access to a...
Sheep
UK wool price to average 32p/kg for 2019-2020 clip
The price for last year’s wool has been set at just 32p/kg as the wool marketing board struggles to sell...
Sheep
British Wool warns of 10 million kilos of unsold wool
The UK’s wool industry could be in for a close shave as the British Wool Marketing Board warned its stocks...
Sheep
NSA and British Wool launch campaign to fight back against anti-meat slurs
Big players in the British sheep industry are going to war against anti-farming campaigners, hoping to ‘set the record straight’...
Rural Life
New national competition shows even the best can improve their sheep shearing skills
Young Farmers have developed skills in sheep shearing as part of a new competition run by the National Federation of...
N.Ireland
Ulster Wool volume collected increases by 13% compared to year before
Ulster Wool collections are up by around 13% for the season so far compared to the same period the year before....
N.Ireland
Wool prices expected to remain competitive as demand is ‘set to grow’
Demand for wool is set to grow significantly over the coming years, according to recently appointed Ulster Wool chairman Brendan...
