woolgrower
Raises sheep commercially
A woolgrower is a person or enterprise that raises sheep for their wool.
The term is standard in Australia and New Zealand, where wool production is a major agricultural industry: The drought hit woolgrowers hard this season.
In American and British usage, sheep farmer or sheep rancher is more common.
One who raises ovines
- rancherOne who raises livestock
- grazierLivestock pasture farmer
- pastoralistGrazer of livestock
- landholderOwner of real estate
homesteader · producer · breeder · stockman · agriculturalist · husbandry · livestock · grazing
Cutting away fleece
lanolin · scouring · grading · bale · pressing · woolshed · skirting · classing
sheep farmer
One who raises ovines
- rancherOne who raises livestock
- grazierLivestock pasture farmer
- pastoralistGrazer of livestock
landholder · homesteader · producer · breeder · stockman · agriculturalist · husbandry · livestock · grazing · paddock
shearing
Cutting away fleece
micron · lanolin · scouring · grading · bale · pressing · woolshed · skirting · classing · yield
merino
Fine-fleeced sheep breed
- crossbredMixed genetic heritage
- purebredOf single breed ancestry
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
stud · genetics · selection · breeding stock · ewe · ram · flock · fertility · conformation
spinning
Revolving around an axis
carding · combing · tops · fabric · tweed · felt · knitting · mill · processing · fiber
- Outbackoutback, station, red sand, cattle station, dust storm
grow, wool, woolly, woolen, grower, wools, shearer, woolliness