The study is based on the results of a second round of wool testing at the Wellington solar farm, in New South Wales, which has shared its site with 1,700 merino sheep for the past three years.

Well-cared for and "happy" sheep make the best wool ... they [the farmers] take so much pride in breeding for really fine wool," added Mrs Pamely-Bast. "Making with your hands and creating ...

Sheep fall into four broad categories ... They are uni-coloured with white coat and fine-wool. They are heavy animals: males have 100 kg mature weight and females 60 kg. The breed is adapted ...

Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Lanolin is a waxy substance that sheep naturally produce to protect their wool.

Since sheep make wool come what may ... to export back to the UK and make some money. So we offloaded our fine wool production to Australia," she adds, "And that, basically, has continued to ...

The wool production of the Peruvian tablelands in the high Andes is steadily growing and the number of sheep has doubled in five years. Peruvian wool has many good qualities, and it loses little ...