This indicates that a vast majority of wool is not incurring these heavy fibre-length discounts. There are also added costs to shearing more frequently. Annual shearing costs will be higher if you shear more often than once a year Figure 2. A part of that additional energy is hopefully going to go into growing more fleece. For example, if you shear before lambing, the additional feed goes into the lamb rather than into the fleece.
If you shear them in the autumn and additional feed isn't there because the season fails and you need to supplementary feed them, then there's an additional cost of producing the wool. David ran the numbers on the profits or otherwise of accelerated shearing, making some basic assumptions regarding micron 19 micron , fleece 3. If a clip incurs some under-length discounts, then the scenarios will err on the side of traditional month shearing.
Accelerated shearing may help with parasite control, crutchings savings, and easier shearing, but the first question needs to be whether it pays. Beyond that we can consider its interaction with other management issues in an economic context.
Alternatively, you'd have to leave them until after lambing, at that throws out your pattern going forward. I like to work with producers to reduce complexity and simplify operations, unless it's adding to the bottom line significantly. Wool kilos per hectare is the key to profitability. Anthrax reminder for NSW graziers. Call for ag funding committee members.
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