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Wool production and shorn sheep numbers forecast to drop

THE latest official forecast of shorn wool production in Australia has noted a 6.3 per cent decline to 281 million kilograms greasy.

Mark Saunders
 Shorn wool production is forecast to drop 6.3 per cent.

Shorn wool production is forecast to drop 6.3 per cent.

The forecast was published by the Australian Wool Production Forecasting Committee (AWPFC) recently and also predicts a 5.7 per cent fall in the number of sheep shorn to 68.4 million head. While relatively...

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