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Successfully producing and marketing
wool can be one of the most challenging
but rewarding roles for a sheep producer.
Taking a market focus to production is
the basis for: planning and operation
within the wool enterprise; better
management of price risk; selling to
advantage; and improved profitability.
This module provides a background
to wool enterprise planning and is
designed to assist with on-farm decisionmaking,
no matter what production and
marketing processes are used. It describes
the influence of fibre characterisation
on price, presents options for estimating
wool value and offers a range of selling
options. There are three procedures
that form the basis for decision making
in wool production, harvesting and
marketing.
It introduces Woolcheque and other
industry tools for valuing wool. Taking
a market focus to production will help
maximise the net return per hectare
from wool.
| Module 2 Contents |
| Procedures |
| 2.1 |
Know the features of your wool influencing demand and price –
outlines the important features that influence the wool market
and price received. |
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| 2.2 |
Use a customer focus to produce, harvest and prepare wool for sale –
looks at the on-farm management considerations
that influence the quality of wool for sale. |
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| 2.3 |
Maximise returns from your wool sales – introduces a number
of wool valuation tools that are easy to use and provide a basis
for considering the range of options for managing price variability
and selling your clip. |
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| Tools |
| 2.1 |
Simplified flow of the wool pipeline |
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| 2.2 |
Wool values over time |
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| 2.3 |
The Merino Dark and Medullated Fibre Risk scheme and National Wool Declaration |
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| 2.4 |
Planning guidelines for shearing, wool preparation and classing |
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| 2.5 |
Specifications for environmentally assured wool |
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| 2.6 |
Guidelines for reducing chemical residues |
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