Wool Impact: Australia, New Zealand and South Africa
Blue Mountains Bushfire Damage, January 2020
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Devastation caused by Australia’s wildfires in New South Wales, a key wool producing region.
CREDIT: Classy Melissa
Bushfire smoke
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Bushfire smoke from fires burning in Victoria, Australia, in December 2019,
CREDIT: VirtualWolf
Wool sheep of New Zealand
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New Zealand sheep farmers do not have to contend with the fierce temperatures causing fires in Australia
CREDIT: Copyright NZ Story
Sheep in New Zealand
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New Zealand sheep farmers do not have to contend with the fierce temperatures causing fires in Australia – here a misty field of sheep in NZ
CREDIT: Barbara Barkhausen
Sheep in New Zealand
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New Zealand sheep at pasture.
CREDIT: Barbara Barkhausen
Flock of sheep in South Africa - Cape Wools, Willie van Heerden
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South African production has been affected by drought over the past two years, especially in the Eastern Cape and Northern Cape.
CREDIT: Willie van Heerden, Cape Wools
Sheep in South Africa, Cape Wools, Theuns Botha
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South Africa is a major exporter of apparel wool.
CREDIT: Theuns Botha, Cape Wools
Sheep in Western Cape, South Africa - Cape Wools, Franci Swart
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With good rain over the last few months in South Africa and demand likely to rise, farmers may increase the number of sheep.
CREDIT: Franci Swart, Cape Wools