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New Zealand square bags, which are made of polyethylene and sourced from China are said to be a more efficient way of transporting wool.
Livestock, Local news

The wool is in the bag — but which one?

Industry watchers say square packaging is becoming the norm

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Some Manitoba sheep producers are balking at an industry trend towards a wool-bagging system that processors say is safer and more efficient to transport. Sheep producers generally have two options for packaging wool, long tube bags made from jute or New Zealand square bags made of polyethylene. At its annual general meeting in early March,
Randy Eros speaks with customers at the Manitoba Fibre Festival.  photo: Meghan Mast

Livestock, Other livestock

Wool fibre production for dummies

How one manages the flock can make the difference between getting good fleece or getting ‘fleeced’

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Randy Eros, a shepherd from just outside Winnipeg, jokingly blames his wife when explaining why they are in the sheep business. Eros and his wife began raising sheep more than 30 years ago — initially just for wool. “It’s my wife’s fault,” he told a workshop at the Manitoba Fibre Festival Sept. 6. “She’s a
Livestock, Livestock Markets, Other livestock

Sheep and goat buyers focused on quality not weight

Results from the Winnipeg Livestock Auction Nov. 6 sale

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Producers supplied 750 sheep and goats to the Winnipeg Livestock Auction on Nov. 6. There was strong bidding from new and traditional buyers. There was no differences in the price range between the wool and hair sheep — even the extremely woolly ewes were within the range. The price range was from $0.35 to $0.54
Jonathon Nichol gets pointers on how to speed up his shearing from instructor Brian Greaves at the recent shearing school sponsored by Canadian Co-operative Woolgrowers.  Photos: Daniel Winters
Livestock, Other livestock

School teaches art of sheep shearing ‘blow by blow’

Two-day course shows shearers how to separate the 
wool from the sheep with a minimum of fuss

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Imagine trying to provide a full-body buzz cut to a woolly, four-legged Greco-Roman wrestling opponent. That’s sheep shearing in a nutshell. Nine students had a chance to hone their technique at a recent two-day sheep-shearing school sponsored by the Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers and hosted by Miniota shepherd Brian Greaves. Shearing is a lot like dancing,
News, Other livestock

U.K. wool prices are at 25-year highs

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Reuters — Wool prices in Britain are at their highest in a quarter of a century and look set to stay, bringing relief to farms that survived years of having to shear their sheep at a loss, the head of the British Wool Marketing Board said. Fewer sheep, strong demand from emerging economies such as
Country Crossroads, Other livestock

From Ewes To You

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When Ste. Anne sheep producer Solange Dusablon set out to earn farm income selling wool and wool products produced from their flock, she knew she’d need to charge top dollar for hand-spun, hand-knit knitwear to make any money – and that it was highly unlikely anyone would pay hundreds for a pretty sweater. So she
Livestock, Other livestock

Wool Prices Up, But Less For Local Product

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Record-high cotton prices have pulled the price of wool higher, said Brian Greaves, a Miniota-area sheep producer and local director of the Canadian Co-operative Wool Growers. Good-quality fine wool has doubled in value to $1.50 per pound, up from about 75 cents last year, he said. But the so-called “domestic” wool commonly shorn from Manitoba
News, Other livestock

Spinning Bison Fibre Into Profit

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Foreign buyers are clamouring to buy bison fibre. The only problem is figuring out a good way to get it off the hides of the ornery critters. Frequently compared to cashmere, raw bison fibre fetches $1 an ounce while an ounce of cleaned, carded down sells for about $12 and finished yarn commands $18 to
Livestock, Opinion, Other livestock

Letters – for Sep. 23, 2010

Job well done Thank you for once again supporting our industry, which usually goes quite unnoticed and under serviced. The recent articles regarding the Neepawa Gathering of the Flock, Prairie Shepherds’ 4-H sheep event were a very well done and nice addition to the Co-operator,which I feel is the one mainstream publication that has noticed

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