EXPERIENCED wool industry identity Maurie McNeill says the combination of good seasons and exclusion fences will see a significant boost in Queensland's sheep numbers.
"We need all our ducks to fall in to order to create the environment to enable a growth of sheep numbers in Queensland," Mr McNeill said.
"Unfortunately, that hasn't happened yet, mainly because of the season.
"We're well on track with our exclusion fences but we need big lambings on the back of good seasons to create a surplus supply of livestock so that understocked operations can start to buy in."
Mr McNeill recently classed the Compagnoni family's clip at Carinya, Mitchell.
"We're still waiting on the test results but it's the freest clip in terms of vegetable matter and dust produced on Carinya," Mr McNeill said.
"While the tough season did impact on tensile strength, there was a great skirting ratio, probably about 10 to one fleece to skirtings, compared to the usual four or five to one ratio."
The Compagnoni family shore about 4700 sheep over nine days using local shearers.
Mr McNeill classes seven or eight major sheds each year with the most of the properties either having or being in the process of erecting exclusion fences.
Some 3200ha of Carinya was recently placed behind an exclusion fence, with plans for additional country to be protected.
