Earnscleugh Station owners Alistair and Duncan Campbell, near Alexandra, have bred ultra-fine merino sheep. Photo: Earnscleugh StationEarnscleugh Station owners Alistair and Duncan Campbell have achieved a milestone — breeding a merino sheep that has produced an ultra-fine 10 micron fleece. ‘‘We have two fleeces, one a 10.4 micron and the other 10.7, ’’ Alistair Campbell said. The 10-micron fleeces were a result of more than 30 years of selection, the original flock coming from the Ultrafine Merino Company as well as work done at Earnscleugh for the past 15 or so years. Fibre-collared T-shirts of 12 micron produced by an Italian firm fetched about $5000, he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 11, 2020 15:22 UTC