Did you know you can now get instant, on-farm wool fibre measurements without sending samples to a lab? Our guest on the Head Shepherd podcast this week is Vicky Alexandrou, co-founder of Woven Optics. Over the past 8 years, Vicky has helped design and build a handheld microscope that lets you measure wool fibre diameter right there in the yards or shed. Instead of waiting for lab results, you clip a small sample, take a few quick images along the staple, and within seconds, the device tells you

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