Continual dry conditions affecting Australia's wool production

Kristen Frost
Updated November 23 2018 - 8:13am, first published November 22 2018 - 6:30am
TOUGH TIMES: The average wool coming off the sheep's back is down by half a micron and the average staple length across Australia has fallen by 3.22mm.
TOUGH TIMES: The average wool coming off the sheep's back is down by half a micron and the average staple length across Australia has fallen by 3.22mm.

Australian wool producers are feeling the pinch of the continuing dry conditions, with the average fibre diametre of their fleeces down by half a micron and shorter staple lengths recorded for all states. 

Kristen Frost

Kristen Frost

National Sheep and Wool Writer

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