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The total wool or mohair shorn from a flock in a season

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Plain meaning
The total wool or mohair shorn from a flock in a season
How to use it
Shear, class and pack the clip carefully; presentation affects price.
South African benchmark
About 91% of the South African wool clip comes from four provinces, led by the Eastern Cape (Article 93).
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M14-U1, M14-U2, M14-U4
Calculate it
T-M14-02 Clip and Fleece Income
Library sources
LIB-A092, LIB-A093, LIB-A094, LIB-A104, LIB-P-Wool, LIB-P-Mohair
See also
Wool classing
Wool and Mohair: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedWool and Mohair: how the business runsSold bykg of clip, fibre in microns1Breed2Grow fleece3Shear4Class the clip5Auction or brokerZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Wool and Mohair Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M14 Wool and Mohair.