When wool prices drop, it's time to step it up within your operation

Kristen Frost
Updated July 16 2020 - 2:27pm, first published July 15 2020 - 12:00pm
Geoff Peters of Bellatherie Merinos said they address their Merino sheep as a commercial package and it doesn't matter how you look at it, it all comes down to costs per head.
Geoff Peters of Bellatherie Merinos said they address their Merino sheep as a commercial package and it doesn't matter how you look at it, it all comes down to costs per head.

Geoff Peters of Ballatherie Poll Merinos, Hillston, NSW, who runs about 10,000 grown sheep over three properties, said more often than not, the drop in wool prices "tests out" producers that may not be getting the full potential out of their flocks.

Kristen Frost

Kristen Frost

National Sheep and Wool Writer

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