A new wool sheet compactor could eventually cut the British Wool Marketing Board’s £1.6m transport bill by about 30%. The £14,000 machine, designed by Hampshire farmer Ferris Whidbourne, compacts up ...

The gears, belts and drums of the 65-year-old wool-processing machine began to turn, slowly at first, then faster and faster as it started singing its high-pitched song. "Ready!" Brad Strohm hollered, ...

I created this 3D weaving machineRoyal College of ArtOluwaseyi Sosanya, a Nigerian American who graduated from the Royal College of Fine Arts (London Royal Institute of Art). I made this machine as ...

Ulster Wool has opened bookings for its 2026 shearing courses, now live on the Ulster Wool website.

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