End of the old woolpacks may catch farmers
Thousands of farmers this summer are likely to face shearing with wool presses that have not been converted to the new style of capless woolpack. Saies of conversion kits have slumped since June and production of the kits has fallen off, according to the Wool Board. Manufacturers met with woolpack importers, wool brokers and the Wool Board this month to survey the situation and they issued a statement. "With main shear rapidly approaching, farmers are strongly advised to convert their presses now to avoid being caught without a Conversion kit and only capless packs available." It is estimated at least 20,000 woolpresses have yet to be converted. There are a number of conversion sys-
tems, ranging in price from $100 to $500. Old style packs will probably run out by the end of November, a month earlier than expected, according to a survey by the Wool Board. Second hand packs might last only
another month. Farmers will then be forced to use capless packs. Some farmers believed oldstyle packs could not be used in converted presses, which is not true. A converted press could be used with either pack, said Board representatives.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/RUBUL19901127.2.41
Bibliographic details
Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 7, Issue 364, 27 November 1990, Page 12
Word Count
200End of the old woolpacks may catch farmers Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 7, Issue 364, 27 November 1990, Page 12
Using This Item
Ruapehu Media Ltd is the copyright owner for the Ruapehu Bulletin. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Ruapehu Media Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in