Tag: Merino wool

• Saturday, September 30th 2017 - 11:52 UTC

  Half of the Falkland Islands wool clip has been forward sold

  

  Landholdings General Manager Andy Pollard has reported that the wool market remains in a strong position, with demand increasing as customers view it as a more sustainable product than artificial fibres.

• Friday, October 14th 2016 - 09:37 UTC

  Falkland Island farmers tour Australia for improved sheep genetics

  

  Three Falkland Islands farmers and the general manager of Falklands Landholdings Corporation recently travelled to Australia as part of the ongoing search for improvements to lamb survival rates in the Falklands. Touring farms in both Queensland and New South Wales, the group spent three weeks inspecting Australian studs in search of better fat and muscle values in young rams.

• Friday, September 4th 2015 - 12:06 UTC

  Stray Merino Chris making headlines: 90 pounds of wool

  

  A merino sheep from Australia is making headlines after he was discovered in the wild with massively overgrown fleece.

• Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 20:28 UTC

  Record price for Merino wool in Uruguay: 37.76 US dollars per kilo

  

  A bail of Uruguayan fine, clean wool, 14.4 microns, was sold at a record price of 37.76 a kilo. The ultra fine wool, (uncommon for Uruguay that has a flock mostly of Corriedale), was achieved based on a strategic alliance between the Merino breeders, the country’s Agriculture Research Institute, the textile industry and 51 farmers that signed in for the project.