Blogs
Bluetongue virus (BTV-3) 2 September 2024 As you will likely be aware it was announced last week that Bluetongue serotype-3 (BTV3) had been confirmed on three premises in Norfolk and Suffolk.
British Wool has summarised the situation and provided links to further resources for members below. Whilst the only cases identified to date are in England, we would encourage all of our members to keep up to date on this rapidly evolving situation. Read
British Wool launches new initiative - The Cloth Sourcing Guide 23 August 2024 British Wool has launched a new initiative to showcase the best in British wool fabric, working with 16 of the leading cloth manufacturers across Europe. Read
Supporting British Wool is key to growing long-term value for wool and representing the best interests of members writes Jim Robertson, Chairman, British Wool. 21 August 2024 As we head into September and the busy breeding sales season and autumn on the horizon, I wanted to write in this month’s Graze to highlight the important role British Wool has in supporting the UK sheep industry and encourage any farmers with wool still on their farm to deliver this into their local British Wool drop off site. Read
Shear Brilliance – a summer of shearing records 21 August 2024 Following on from Meirion Evans’ successful new British Shearing Record that took place in Machynlleth during July, we saw two World Record attempts taking place in August. Read
Yorkshire Tweed finally made using Yorkshire Wool 26 July 2024 The Great Yorkshire Show (9-12th July 2024) was another sell-out show despite kicking off with awful weather, the crowds still flocked to see what Yorkshire has to offer and of course, witness the fabulous garments on the “Farm to Fashion” catwalk which was shown twice daily. Read
A summer of Shearing Records 23 July 2024 This summer we will see three shearing records being attempted. The 9-hour British Ewe record was beaten on the 13th of July by Meirion Evans. The 3rd of August will see Nick Greaves take on the 8-hour World Lamb Shearing record and finally, Una Cameron will attempt to shear more than 458 ewes in 9 hours. Read