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Fibre measurements fast-tracked by 'miniaturised microscope'

A new tool is giving growers the power to measure wool micron on-farm.

Claire Harris
The Woven Optics wool testing instrument is a handheld device which can measure wool on or off the sheep. Credit: Ben Pullen, Woven Optics.

The Woven Optics wool testing instrument is a handheld device which can measure wool on or off the sheep. Credit: Ben Pullen, Woven Optics.

TO date, micron testing has been a matter of sending wool samples to laboratories and waiting weeks for the results. But a new tool in its final stages of development is giving producers the power to measure...

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A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the farming sector, brought to you by the Kondinin team.

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