Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
For the last 20 or so years much(not all) of the Scottish(UK) wool has remained on the farm unsold, or it is cheaper for the buyer to "forget" it rather than pay transport costs and every now and then several years worth of wool is burned on farm to make room for the next heap to accumilate.
WHAT! That is insane! Maybe the Scottish farmers are paid subsidies not to bring the wool to market like so many farmers from the US who are paid not to grow certain crops?