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The Yarn Podcast

The world’s biggest fleece competition turns 20

Episode 188 - July 23, 2021
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The Australian Fleece Competition attracts hundreds of fleeces every year and has been doing so for 20 years. Measuring through both objective and subjective means it gives great feedback to woolgrowers.

We also head to Gippsland, a wool region in Victoria that has been through it all in recent years but now has a very bright looking future.

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