Spekboom is everywhere, it’s all anyone talks about … what used to be an Angora goat farming town is now a spekboom town,” says field ecologist Rae Attridge. In the past two years, Nat Carbon, the ...

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The top Angora goat at this year's Australian Sheep & Wool Show is a "fine example" of why wool producers should look to include the breed in their operation.