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How much wool does a sheep produce?

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It depends on the breed. In Australia, Argentina, New Zealand and Uruguay, the exporting countries, selected breeds are used to produce wool in quantity and quality.

From this type of special sheep, between 5 and 6 kilos per head are extracted.

Sheep are normally sheared once a year. The length of the wool fibers obtained varies between 2 and 32 cm, their thickness is around 0.012 mm and the quality of these depends on the part of the body from which it comes.

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