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British Wool praised for wool prices
The Country Smallholder
|February 2023
British Wool has been hailed as an example of collective marketing and praised for its success in improving prices for UK sheep farmers.
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Irish Farmers Association Sheep Chair Kevin Comiskey said that British Wool's co-ordinated approach had greatly benefited its farmer members and that British wool typically traded well above prices in the Republic of Ireland because of the structures in place.
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