Mr Legge spotted his own brand – on a bale all the way from his Yarrabandai Road property – at the first mill they visited in China.

The Forbes district farmer was one of a group of young woolgrowers from across Australia who toured China with Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) to gain a global perspective of their industry.

The group visited some of China's biggest manufacturers of raw wool and gained a greater understanding of the journey Australian wool takes once exported.

Mr Legge said he was surprised to find a bale of wool produced from his Forbes property in the very first mill they went to visit.

The group visited several processing plants which included Red Sun, To Xinao, the circular knitting mill, Mengdi and vertically integrated fabric processing operation Nanshan.

According to the AWI almost 80 per cent of Australia's raw wool production is exported to China for early stage processing.

Half of this wool is consumed in China at retail, making the Chinese wool processing and retail economy extremely important to Australia's $3.6 billion wool industry.

Mr Legge said the trip helped him to see how many processes the wool went through before it was ready to be sold to general consumers and how long it rested between certain stages of manufacturing.

“The thing that amazed me most was how many steps it goes through to get store ready,” he said.

This trip has helped Mr Legge identify the global scale of the wool industry and the technical aspects of marketing and wool processing.

“There’s definitely a consumer trend going back to environmental clothing – a trend to more longevity and traceability (in garments),” Mr Legge said.

This is the third year that the AWI has sent young woolgrowers over to China according to Mr Legge.

After coming back from his tour of China, Mr Legge competed in the Royal Easter Show, where he placed second in two Poll Dorset Ram classes.

Mr Legge splits his time between properties at Cudal and Forbes where he manages 1,400 merino ewes and wethers.