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The company ships the raw wool from farmers to be washed. A typical tractor-trailer holds about 20,000 pounds of wool, Rice said.

By the mid 1990s to 2000, U.S. mill consumption of raw wool collapsed by 47 percent to 74.8 million pounds, according to a 2001 U.S. International Trade Commission report.