Tool 2.2

Module Index

Module 1 - planning

Module 2 - wool

Module 3 - meat

Module 4 - people

Module 5 - NRM

Module 6 - soil

Module 7 - pasture

Module 8 - grazing

Module 9 - genetics

Module 10 - more lambs

Module 11 - sheep health

Hot Topics

MODULE 2: Market Focused Wool Production

Index

The influence of fibre and marketing characteristics is shown over three selling seasons (2003–04 to 2005–06) in Figure 1 for superfine wool and Figure 2 for mid-micron wool.

(Source: The Woolmark Company, courtesy Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia)

* Marketing factors include region, sale by separation, re-handling and lot size

Over the 3-year period, vegetable matter was equally important with fibre diameter and staple strength as a price determinant. Although this may have been the effect of a short-term factor, the trend was consistent over the 3-year period.