Each blanket is lovingly restored ready for cosy nights and fun filled adventures for you and your loved ones for many years to come. In all other currencies used in wool trading, prices fell by 2 to 3%, which reflects the slowing of current enquiry from overseas. The fourth sale of the 2021 summer season took place in Port Elizabeth on 13 April 2021, with 173 039 kg on offer of which 97% was sold. The wool export year begins in July. Prices at the Australian wool auctions added a few cents for the week, but a healthy foreign exchange (forex) advantage and a significant reduction in eventual volumes at sales rostrums were largely responsible. 21 April 2021. The majority of the wool on offer today could be described as poor, with high colour and VM (vegetable matter) readings, meeting some resistance from the buying bench. And now introducing our NEW New Zealand Wool and completely New Zealand Made exclusive Fresh Retro Love blanket. Over time, wool prices have drifted sideways. More land retired on farms would create a haven for the species New Zealand wants to preserve but that could also be a larder for predators - an issue for a country wanting to be pest-free by 2050, Stubbs said. Low wool prices drive demand for self-shedding Wiltshire sheep 9 Feb, 2021 10:00 PM 3 minutes to read Wiltshire sheep shed their wool naturally so do not need shearing, crutching or tailing. Coarse wool makes up about 85 per cent of New Zealand's total wool clip, but prices have been low for years. Meanwhile, AgriHQ senior analyst Mel Croad said the poor wool prices were continuing to trouble farmers right around the country. Cavalier gets $1.9m Govt boost. 1 April 2021 Meat and wool. Meat and wool exports are forecast to decrease 8.2% to $9.8 billion for the year ending June 2021. Exports are expected to increase 3% to $10.1 billion in 2022. N44 â Wool Sale â 29 April 2021 Wool prices continued their side-ways trend at todayâs Napier sale. 22 April 2021. This decrease is due to prices receding in early 2020 from the near-record levels in late 2019, mainly due to COVID-19-related uncertainty and food service closures. Crossbred wool prices have plummeted to new record low levels in the wake of COVID-19, with some farmers receiving less than a dollar a kilogram for their wool. Research into sheep farmersâ experiences. 20 April 2021. Red meat retreat? Forestry Fresh bold and bright, bringing Retro into 2021. The statistics here are for the year to date and the year before, so you can compare the two. By Maja Burry of RNZ. See where New Zealand wool is exported to and view export statistics by region, year, and wool type. First wool course intake ready to go. 12 April 2021. 20 April 2021. Fruit and vegetable prices fell 2.4 percent in February 2021 compared with January 2021. The offering consisted of good quality mohair, with a highest price of R910 p/kg paid for a bale of 23 micron super style kid mohair. NZ Shears makes welcome return. Bull prices Steer & heifer prices Beef local trade prices Cow prices Lamb prices Local trade lamb prices Wool prices Dairy payout history Logs Farms for sale All other rural links to data Currencies After the national NZ lockdown finished and we resumed to regular trading, the global demand for wool fibre continued to be weak as many of the wool trading nations of China, Italy, UK and India are still suffering from the effects of the pandemic.