N.Ireland
October has been dedicated to the promotion of wool
The month of October has been designated to the promotion of wool in Northern Ireland and the rest of the...
wool
Rural Life
Llandovery Sheep Festival to celebrate sheep farming and wool industry
Llandovery Sheep Festival will celebrate rural crafts, food and entertainment as well as sheep farming and the wool industry, organisers...
Agri-Business
British Wool invests in NexGen Tree Shelters
British Wool has announced an investment in NexGen Tree Shelters Ltd., a company specialising in bio and environmentally degradable tree...
N.Ireland
New season wool now arriving at the Ulster Wool in Antrim
New season wool is now arriving at the Ulster Wool depot in Co. Antrim. Traditionally, Balmoral Show is the start...
N.Ireland
‘Weaker demand’ in latest British Wool auction
British Wool experienced “weaker demand for its product” at a recent auction, which saw 30% of the wool offered at...
N.Ireland
Kelly re-elected as NI British Wool representative
Brendan Kelly has been re-elected as Northern Ireland’s Ulster Wool representative on the board of British Wool. The Co. Antrim...
Sheep
British Wool re-elects regional board member for north England
Carl Stephenson has been re-elected as British Wool’s English northern regional board member for a further three-year term. Stephenson, who...
N.Ireland
British Wool to elect regional representative for NI
British Wool has confirmed that an election will be held to select Northern Ireland’s regional representative on the board of...
N.Ireland
Wool price boost to exceed 10% in Northern Ireland
After a considerable period of time in the doldrums, the producer wool price in Northern Ireland looks set to increase...
Sheep
20% rise in value of wool – British Wool
British Wool has announced its first sustained price recovery since the Covid-19 pandemic, with a general rise of 20% across...
N.Ireland
Antrim sheep farmer seeks re-nomination to British Wool board
Co. Antrim sheep farmer, Brendan Kelly, has confirmed that he will be seeking re-nomination as the Ulster Wool representative on...
N.Ireland
Managing 650 breeding ewes on the Shetland Islands
Farming on the Shetland Islands is undoubtedly a challenge, but for one farmer it is a challenge he has successfully...
Sheep
British Wool awarded Isle of Man wool contract
British Wool has been awarded the contract to handle wool produced on the Isle of man by the island’s government....
Sheep
Herefordshire shearer hopes to break 8-hour record
Experienced shearer Steve Rowberry will attempt to beat the current world record when he undertakes an eight-hour lamb shearing competition...
N.Ireland
Tyrone farmer sets new record shearing 858 lambs in 9 hours
A farmer from Co. Tyrone has set a new record after sheering 858 lambs in a mammoth nine-hour solo sheep-shearing...
N.Ireland
EasyCare sheep open evening to take place on Antrim farm
Campbell Tweed will host an EasyCare open evening at his Ballycoose farm, near Carncastle in Co. Antrim, on Tuesday, August...
N.Ireland
Demand for EasyCare sheep continues to rise in New Zealand
Demand for EasyCare, self-shedding sheep is fast increasing in New Zealand with breeders there looking to the UK and Ireland...
Agri-Business
RAU student among UK's top 50 Women in Innovation
PhD student from the Royal Agricultural University (RAU), Kate Drury, who has made sustainable rope from British wool, has been...
