Increase in value of wool expected; FARM & COUNTRY.(News)

From: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) | Date: May 15, 2008 | Copyright information

SHEEP farmers will see the value of this year's wool clip rise by up to four times its 2007 level.

The British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) this week wrote to all wool producers with an individual statement which shows their estimated payment this summer.

In reality the size of their cheques have simply been restored to earlier levels after the BWMB made changes to its payment pattern last season.

It meant advance payments were reduced, resulting in...

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