In an Australian first, Adelaide-based wool buyer and processor, Michell Wool, is offering producers forward contracts for carding wools. Carding wool comes from offcuts, such as the belly and locks, ...

It is often referred to as the daggiest wool on the sheep, but carding wool is now in hot demand, worth almost as much as a merino fleece. Cardings, which are often the greasy, short locks, are ...