ArticleSHEEP COUNTRY
WOOL WE REGRET SHEDDING SHEEP? GLOBAL MARKET UPDATE HOW TO CAPTURE PREMIUMS DEALING WITH DRENCH RESISTANCE
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SHEEP Country is an annual journal celebrating New Zealand sheep farming producing the best wool & lamb in the world. Packed full of great onfarm case studies, market analysis, animal health and breeding advice as well as a details ram sale calendar, SHEEP Country is regarded as the yearly bible for sheep farming.
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ArticleEditor’s Note
Whilst I love a good play on words, I don’t love writing about the demise of wool and the significant drop in lamb numbers. My burning play on words with ‘Wool we regret shedding sheep?’ is both the shedding of our sheep numbers and the wool...
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In 2023, New Zealand’s ratio of sheep to people dropped below five-to-one for the first time since national population records began in the late 1850s. The country once had enough sheep to provide a small flock for every person, with the ratio...
ArticleSHEAR FOR LIFE
A Canterbury woolshed in February 2025 is the venue for an event in memory of old mates lost to cancer. Shear for Life was last held in 2019 and the charity shearing event, supporting the Ashburton Cancer Society and Hospice...
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