27th May 2020
On Thursday, 21 May 2020 the Nitique Group form Steynsburg held their second annual Merino ewe production sale. The Nitique group consist of three brothers Michael, Grant and Rodney Naude. They are [...]
11th May 2020
Wool Industry Stakeholders were updated on 30 April 2020 regarding the new regulations, applicable from the 1st of May under the risk level 4 adjusted strategy. In the communication it was stated that it might [...]
25th Mar 2020
On 23 March 2020 President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a 21-day lockdown period over the continuing spread of the Corona Virus. Although the export of wool had not been affected until yesterday, the [...]
28th Oct 2019
On Wednesday, 9 October 2019, Swaershoek Bonsmaras and Rooikop Poll Merino held its production auction at Rooipoort, Cradock. It was a successful day with an average of R37 219 for the bulls, R12 338 [...]
11th Oct 2019
On the 6th wool auction of the 2019/2020 sale season, the merino wool market indicator increased by 1,3% to close on 16982c per kg clean wool. The average clean wool market indicators for good quality long [...]
4th Oct 2019
On the fourth wool auction of the 2019/2020 season, the merino wool market indicator decreased with -2,7% to close on 16760c per kilogram clean. The main buyers on the sale were: Lempriere S A (2,238 bales) [...]