There's a lot more to wool than scarves, gloves and knitted toilet roll covers. We speak to three businesses that are giving wool a new and novel lease of life In 2008 the outlook was bleak for wool producers. Shearing costs far outweighed fleece prices as clip values plummeted to 33p/kg - the lowest average annual price in the past decade. Farmers resorted to burning fleeces to limit their losses.
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