The original article can be found here.
Article highlights:
- There is no foot and mouth disease in our wool producing areas.
- With the first auction of the season only a few weeks away, “it is essential that Ministers Thoko Didiza (Agriculture) and Ebrahim Patel (Trade) intervene to secure the industry’s access to the Chinese market”.
- Farmers are sitting with the huge problem that 70-80% of the local clip is traditionally destined for China. The value of this wool is around R5 billion per year.
