For wool producer James Ridgway, being certified by a wool quality assurance scheme is a no-brainer.
The manager of Gantag’s Booroola property at Avenel said all wool producers should “jump on board” or they were being “left behind”.
Running a fine wool Merino flock on the 4500ha property, James said he started looking into the ZQ Merino Fibre wool accreditation and supply program when he heard from his broker that buyers were walking past wool that met most of their specifications, but they did not buy it because it was from mulesed sheep.
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