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Use of Measurement in Prediction Technology\nBob Couchman\nLearning objectives\nAt the completion of this topic the student will have and understanding of:\nthe commercial importance of objective measurement in topmaking and blend engineering and how prediction formulae are developed and used,\nan insight into the flexibility of prediction and its benefits.\nKey terms and concepts\nTopmaking, Wool Combing, Blend Engineering, Price Optimisation, Raw Wool Specification for Top, TEAM, Processing Prediction\nIntroduction to the topic\nThis topic is in 3 parts:\nUse of Measurement in Sheep Production\nUse of Measurement in Greasy Wool Commerce, and\nCommercial Use Of Prediction Technology.\nThe first two parts summarise details of the use of measurements and part three provides a more detailed study of processing prediction, how it originated, its development and its use in industry today in the purchasing of greasy wool, mill monitoring for quality control (QC) and in risk management.\nIn particular part three discusses the use of the TEAM suites of equations and provides practical examples of how mills and topmakers can adjust the general formulae to suit specific operating conditions.\nThis topic discusses the additivity effects of raw wool selection and the decision making process in the setting of raw wool specification and blend engineering along with strategies topmakers employ to optimise price whilst meeting technical top specifications with processing predictions.\nThe topic discusses other forms of prediction models and the pitfalls of only fitting data rather than fully validating data sets.\n12.1  Use of measurement in sheep production\nWool growers aim to market wool that is uniform in:\nfibre diameter\nlength\nstrength\ncolour.\nBy doing this they maximize their financial returns from the available resources they have at their disposal. A uniform product is obtained by optimising breeding strategies, husbandry practices, nutrition and environmental factors with good management and testing. A non-uniform product will be discounted in the market place.\nThey of course face a number of constraints that affect the 'quality' of the wool they offer for sale. These include:\nThe genetics or breeding of the sheep\nNutrition\nEnvironment\nHusbandry practices throughout the year\nNatural variation (within fleece and environmental variation)\nClip preparation which encompasses pre shearing/during shearing/post shearing periods of management.\nTherefore, the factors which impinge on the test results obtained from wool on any particular farm enterprise are:\nBreeding\nSheep Selection\nHusbandry Practice\nNutritional Factors\nEnvironmental Factors.\nObjective testing of wool is an important tool in the production and marketing of wool. There are a number of levels of testing wool, each has its specific use and benefits. For example, mid-side sampling prior to shearing or samples tested during shearing can be used in selection of specific animals. At another level pre-sale sampling and testing at the wool store prior to auction can be used on-farm for pasture management, setting weed management strategies and indeed managing the flock to maximize the value of the clip by changes in mob or enterprise management. Atkins (2004), however, debates whether such measurements are useful retrospectively. They can assist the grower to optimise selling options, understand their product and to provide a guide to the value of the wool to purchasers.\nThe use of measurement in clip preparation is covered in the Wool Marketing and Clip Preparation unit but it can be summarised as providing a textile fibre that processors can use with confidence and to maximise returns to the wool grower.\n12.2  Use of measurement in greasy wool commerce\nOne just has to look at a greasy wool sale catalogue today to see the importance of greasy wool measurement in the selling system. Approximately 80% of sale lots are now sold with greasy wool measurements, of mean fibre diameter, yield, length and","cbCailDI38OmGHwe","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailDI38OmGHwe","docx",400558,20,"English","# 12. 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