NWGA Web Wool service

The core goal of this service is to increase the profitability of wool sheep farming. Existing and on-going producer driven research to marketing with a section dedicated to new farmer development. For a full list of topics please refer to our resource section.

Our spearhead in keeping you abreast of current news and trends in wool and mutton farming is our monthly newspaper the Wolboer/Wool Farmer. Extracted articles are available on the site. Please feel free to contact the Editor if you want to contribute photos, articles or advertisements.

We are dedicated to the promotion of sustainable and profitable wool sheep farming. If there is any information you require that is not covered here please contact us.

Contact details are available on the site in the contacts section.

NWKV Webblad Woldienste

Die hoofdoel van hierdie diens is om die winsgewendheid van wolskaapboerdery te bevorder. Dit behels onder meer die koördinering van produsente gedrewe navorsing behoeftes en die ontwikkeling en instandhouding van volhoubare produksie-stelsels deur die toepassing van die nuutste praktiese tegnologie Bykans al u wolskaapproduksie behoeftes kan onder Hulpbronne bevredig word. Dit behels tot navorsing, bemarking en ekonomie asook 'n afdeling vir beginnerboer ontwikkeling.

Die kern van ons Kommunikasieafdeling is die Wolboer/Wool Farmer koerant, met nuttige produksie-artikels en nuus. Die afdeling oor Publieke Belang bied inligting omtrent skape en wolskaapboerdery met die klem op studente en skoliere. Hope inligting omtrent tuisindustrieë, die versorging van wol en wolprodukte kan hier gevind word.

Indien u enige inligting benodig wat nie op hierdie webblad beskikbaar is nie, kan u ons gerus kontak.

MISSION OF THE NWGA

The Promotion of a Sustainable and Profitable Woolled Sheep Industry in South Africa.
Six strategic objectives were identified to support the mission, namely:

• The promotion of an improved policy – and legislative environment.
• The creation of an effective production environment.
• Constructive training and development programmes to improve the knowledge and skills of all farmers and farm workers.
• The accomplishment of an improved market environment.
• The accomplishment of an empowered institutional environment in support of the wool industry.
• The establishment of a strong producers’ organization (NWGA).

The National Wool Growers Association is a national commodity structure formed by commercial and communal wool sheep farmers in South Africa with the purpose of collectively representing the wool farmers in the country and to integrate, in a single representative structure, the development requirements of the sector.
The NWGA was formed in 1929 and has a voluntary membership of more than 10 000 farmers. These members produce more than 80% of the national clip of just below 50 million kg of wool annually. Close to 50% of the members of the NWGA are black communal- and emerging farmers. The NWGA is also an accredited service provider with AgriSETA (reg. Number PAET 4833), providing training in wool sheep production to farmers and farm workers in the commercial and emerging farming sectors.