The luxury fibre has fallen out of favour amid a global slowdown, with some producers choosing to dump lower-grade fleece instead of paying to store it.

The wool market has dropped 20 per cent from last year. Brokers say they are dumping low-value wool into landfill. Growers are urged to keep producing wool despite the gloomy outlook.

  • Railison@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Couldn’t they make some money by selling it overseas where it can be processed for cheap?

    • palarith@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      1 year ago

      They are already doing that and “Fast Fashion” is also going to the landfill.

      This way we save some extra steps