Mountain of wool: Fleece piles up as prices tank, mills shut down
Wool sells for only 10 to 70 cents a pound.
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Wool sells for only 10 to 70 cents a pound.
Vancouver Island’s largest sheep farmers, with about 300 ewes, are sitting on mountains of wool — but the market price for sheep fibre has hit the floor.
Vancouver Island’s largest sheep farmers, with about 300 ewes, are sitting on mountains of wool — but the market price for sheep fibre has hit the floor.
Vancouver Island’s largest sheep farmers, with about 300 ewes, are sitting on mountains of wool — but the market price for sheep fibre has hit the floor.
Vancouver Island’s largest sheep farmers, with about 300 ewes, are sitting on mountains of wool — but the market price for sheep fibre has hit the floor.