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well, the global commodity price for fine wool right now is about $0.15 per 100 Kg [edit: i was off by 100x, see below], and the biggest/thickest sweater will require less than 2 lbs. also, that price is up 50% over last year, so lol, the shepherd is not getting $2 on the $15 sweater even in this "high price" market.
the shepherd are making 10-15 cents on the $190-$250 designer label 100% merino wool sweater that is made in a sweatshop where workers make $1.30/hr to flip out 50 of them in an hour.
Ain't no way wool is $0.15 per 100kg, source?
you're right, i was doing some conversions because it's listed in cents (1,538.70 cents per kilo) and fucked myself up. to be fair, tons of ag commodities are crazy cheap.
federal reserve says $15.38/Kg. so $15 for a 100% fine wool thick, designer sweater goes to the shepherd. last year at this time it would be ~$9.84 for the same. wool is weird. makes me want to look up cotton, because i bet its fucked.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PWOOLFUSDM
cotton is 76.9 ¢ per pound. a shirt is ~0.6 lbs of cotton.
ag material cost / farmer portion of some basic goods:
t-shirt 47¢
jeans $1.15
king size set of jersey sheets $3.84
my understanding is that even these costs are higher than what is paid due to the increasing amount of petroleum by products being integrated into clothing and that its difficult to find clothing and household items not made with synthetics.
Very, very interesting data. I'm trying to imagine a pound of cotton, that's gotta be what, like a fucking pillow size? So absurdly cheap!
Thanks for update <3 still, $15/kg is a steal IMO, literally what, <10% of the final price of a cheap 70€ woolen sweater?
Yeah but it's fine if the shepherd doesn't get paid the sheep is doing all the work anyway (this comment is a joke)