To be a member of Agmatch and Agwool cost $500 a year. "I look at a fleece like a carcass, you sell the lamb racks for good money but you’ve got to sell the rest before you make money."īunnings Warehouse had shown interest in sourcing wool from the group to make insulation, he said.įor wool to realise its potential, everyone had to play their parts right. Other products included carpet from second-shear wool and an underlay from bellies and pieces. In a bid to improve the situation, he launched Agmatch about nine years ago.Īgmatch was an online community allowing trading between farmers, suppliers, the public and processors with no transaction costs, he said.Īn Agmatch transaction sourced quality strong wool from farmers at $25/kg for jerseys. The supply of poor-quality wool was encouraging processors to use synthetic materials instead. "The processors are getting underwhelming wool and they’re getting underwhelming results." "It has been a disappointing industry to watch."įor farmers to be paid more for their strong wool, they needed to be supplying a higher-quality clip, which was fit for purpose at processors. He left school to work as a fabric designer in a woollen mill. "It’s time we stood up and made quality and impressed people." The roadshow stopped in Clinton, Gore, Invercargill, Owaka, Tokanui and Wyndham.Ībout 40 people attended the stop at Crossroads hotel in Clinton.Īgwool New Zealand founder Ken Algie said one aim of the group was for people to buy a product containing strong wool, like it and buy it again. The strong wool system needs rewiring, starting with farmers improving the quality of their clip, an advocacy group for the fibre say.Ī group of strong wool advocates spoke about their vision for a bright future for the fibre at a roadshow in the South last week. Strong wool enthusiasts stopping in Clinton on Monday last week on a southern tour to share ideas on how to make the wool industry better are (clockwise from top left) WoolWorks New Zealand business development manager Rosstan Mazey, of Wellington, Wool Impact chief executive Andy Caughey, of Wanaka, Agwool New Zealand founder Ken Algie, of Waimate, Agwool New Zealand administrator Nic Ruddenklau, of Five Forks, and sheep and beef farmer Colin McDonald, of Slope Point.
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