Sheep Industry News October 2024

scoured, while providing specific scouring for different types of wool and maintaining small batch traceability. It is also water and energy efficient. After making its way through the scouring line, wool is spun to remove water and is (currently) dried on racks. The mill is just in the beginning phases – it opened in late 2023 – and is working on expanding its operating space and drying capabilities. The processing minimum is 50 pounds. Learn more at HVTextileProject.org/clean-fleece . FASHION CENTER OFFERS WOOL TESTING The Fashion Innovation Center at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Technology is the new home of an OFDA 2000 that ASI installed at the facility in August. Located in Troy, N.Y., the Fashion Innovation Center’s core fo cus is to advance both natural textile products including bast fibers – notably hemp – and wool, as well as new-technology sustainable fibers and materials. As home to an OFDA 2000 – which ASI previously leased to locations mostly in the Mountain West and Texas – the center will be able to provide individual fleece testing to area sheep producers. Producers interested in having their wool tested can reach out to Laboratory Manager Clyde Carpenter at carpec2@rpi.edu or 518-276-2508. “I’m really excited to start testing wool samples for people up here,” Carpenter said.

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