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Wool being wasted, with farmers being forced to burn or bury it after shearing. so has the industry recovered? what is now going on with regards to the wool industry? peter ackroyd is chief operating officer of the campaign for wool. a very warm welcome to the programme, peter. and this month is wool month, is that correct, the month of october, so it is your big push. what are you hoping to achieve? we're trying to convince that wool is a valuable commodity and a sustainable fibre, which if bought has a massively good return on capital. we are trying to remind people who are shopping this aut...

Things. wool is divided into crossbred wool and merino wool. marena whittle is the fine will you get in a suit or a jacket or a rather consider sweater. crossbred rule is what is used for carpets and of course several other applications for fashion. but the price is moving in a more interesting direction, vacancy, the price for wool in producing countries of south africa and australia has done rather well. andy king's campaign is very much a commonwealth campaign. bill commonwealth campaign. all riiht. commonwealth campaign. all right. we will have to leave it there. we do appreciate you being...