Experience favours staying with the British wool board.(Features)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  September 2, 2008 ;     452 words ......farmers to support the British Wool Marketing Board or face a future where they...appointed vice-chairman of the British Wool Marketing Board, said Mr John's experience...t here to provide a long-term wool marketing service. They're simply cherry-picki...

Union calls for referendum on future of wool marketing

Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  July 26, 2007 ;     402 words ......referendum to decide the future of wool marketing as concerns grow at the poor prices...producers believed the British Wool Marketing Board was delivering for them...his belief that the future for wool marketing from Scotland should be with a...

Farming: Spotlight on New Zealand wool.(Features)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  November 11, 2008 ;     301 words ......will be attending the British Wool Marketing Board's annual conference in Bradford...restructuring of the New Zealand meat and wool marketing system. He is also director of...virtual abandonment of a formalised wool marketing structure similar to that which...

Farmers welcome a four-fold rise in the price for wool but believe the...

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  May 20, 2008 ;     495 words ......year, the British Wool Marketing Board has issued...resulting in alow wool cheque, but those...the value of the wool delivered Frank Langrish...given by our domestic wool producers. Adverse...generate. The improved wool cheque for Welsh...

Wool price falls 10% but it's still the highest in Europe.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  May 30, 2006 ;     700+ words ......struggling Welsh wool industry, according...chairman of the British Wool Marketing Board. On a visit...the benefits of wool as a natural, hard-weari...continues and the Wool Board is this season...Welsh Northern Wool Board member Tom...2001. The British Wool Marketing ...

Farming: Wool 'has low carbon footprint'.(News)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  December 4, 2007 ;     290 words ...THE British Wool Marketing Board is highlighting wool's low carbon footprint as...protects the sheep that grow the wool and thereby contributes to...matches the versatility of wool in terms of its huge range...adults. It has just given its wool room - situated in the farm...material ...

Wool payment boost ; A big increase in the price that sheep farmers are...

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  May 21, 2008 ;     280 words ......increase in the price that sheep farmers are paid for their wool this year will see the value of the 2008 clip rise by up to four times its 2007 level, the British Wool Marketing Board has announced. To ensure that sheep farmers are fully aware of the value of their wool cheque this year, the BWMB ...

'Brighter times ahead for wool producers'.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  June 26, 2008 ;     208 words ...WOOL is set to enter a new era...vice-chairman of the British Wool Marketing Board. Gethin, who was...member last year, said wool's low costs were ideally...sustainable products like wool. It has an inestimable...vicechairman of the British Wool Marketing Board

Use marketing board to increase fleece profitability, says expert ; Sheep...

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  July 7, 2008 ;     242 words ......value of maintaining the existing marketing structure for wool through the British Wool Marketing Board, according to its new regional committee member. About 70 per cent of the Cornish wool clip is delivered by the producer and handled by the BWMB...farmers, and to achieve the best possible price ...

Walsh hits out as wool board spends GBP 50,000 on detectives

The Scotsman;  June 4, 2004 ;     439 words ......original breaking of the British Wool Marketing Board's monopoly, relations...rumours that he was not buying wool this year. He said yesterday...spot price on delivery. The wool board now pays in two instalments...cheque is issued for 2004 wool. But board headquarters and...private ...

Returns on wool face 30% clipping

The Scotsman;  December 17, 1998 ;     500 words ......expect next year's wool cheque to be down...director of the British Wool Marketing Board said yesterday...average price for wool is about 62p per...and sell almost all wool produced in the UK...bulk transport of wool from the islands...agreed for island wool which, said Mr ...

Wool clip returns unhurt by bad weather

The Scotsman;  August 17, 2007 ;     340 words ...WOOL arriving at the British Wool Marketing Board's depots in Scotland...the difficult summer weather, wool produced from flocks in the...commented: "The marketing of wool is a hot topic in Scotland...dependent on selling their wool without the collection and...the board. Small amounts ...

`Farmer Tom' highlights benefits of wool.(News)

The Journal (Newcastle, England);  April 10, 2006 ;     248 words ...Cartoon character Farmer Tom is promoting British wool carpets. He will feature on a show card, produced by the British Wool Marketing Board, to attract customers' attention to British wool carpets and remind people that British wool is a natural fibre. Along with the card, retailers will also ...

New wool season starts.(Farming Life)

The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  June 2, 2001 ;     250 words ...Byline: DAVID McCOY WOOL collection will commence in Northern Ireland from Monday...Agriculture Minister, Brid Rodgers, on May 18, the British Wool Marketing Board has now written to all producers outlining a Code...alongside the agreed protocol for shearing. After shearing, wool can be delivered by ...

Wool hit by world downturn.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  October 23, 2008 ;     200 words ...BRITISH wool faces an uncertain future as the number of sheep continues to decline. The British Wool Marketing Board says unless global prices rise, it will struggle to maintain its level of service to producers. The global economic downturn is compounding matters with carpet manufacturers buying in less ...