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Here at Mount Adde we take great pride in our breeding programs, wool being no exception. The natural sustainable and healthy quality’s that have protected sheep from the harshest environments for hundreds of years are now being recognised. Wool has been proven to be superior to many hi-tech unnatural fibre’s, by wicking moisture away from the skin while resisting growth of bacteria and production of offensive odour’s while keeping us warm in the wet and cold, but also protecting us by breathing and allowing our bodies to maintain its natural heat regulation in warmer conditions.

We have enhanced these unique properties through careful selection of key attributes: Fibre diameter, Yield, Fleece Weight, Bulk, Coefficient of Variation and Standard Deviation. They are all in balance to give a long strong resilient fibre that not only protects the sheep by shedding the dust rain and snow, but also produces a fleece that is uniform, bright white and silky soft that retains high bulk, resilience, wear and shape holding charactistics when spun into yarns that are very versatile.

Animal husbandry is also of paramount importance with many quality control measures in place. Each sheep having colour coded and individual numbered tags, and every fleece being prepared for shearing to ensure the wool is presented in the best possible condition, then shorn, skirted and classed into a suitable line for a particular market.

We are always looking for ways to add value to our produce, this has lead to our involvement with a number of companies. Mount Adde wool, and that similar is being utilised in the manufacture of high end fashion garments: babies blankets including (Cariboo); linings of a new double layered wind proof woolen jersey manufactured by Iron Bark, the fastest selling work jersey sold through CRT farm stores nationwide in 2009. With Smart wool products and many other possibilities we are optimistic about the future.

Mount Adde sheep typically cut a true to type fleece of 22-28 micron depending on age, with ewes consistently clipping a 6-8kg 26-28micron fleece depending on seasonal conditions.