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Introducing overseas sheep to New Zealand’s flock has changed the nature of the wool produced here, says Hawkes Bay wool broker Philippa Wright.

New Zealand sheep now tally just 29.8 million – a number not seen since during the Second World War.

Australian researchers say the reason ewes produce many more lambs of one sex in one year than in others is traceable back to their diet in the leadup to joining.

The free trade agreement with Korea is critical for New Zealand sheep and beef farmers and meet exporters, says Beef + Lamb NZ chairman James Parsons.

An overwhelming response to a sheep welfare survey of farmers, scientists and consumers shows animal wellbeing is of utmost importance to the Australian sheep industry, says Australia’s Sheep CRC.

Well-known sheep specialist Professor Paul Kenyon is the new head of Massey University’s Institute of Veterinary, Animal, and Biomedical Sciences.

Australian sheep farmers are set to benefit from strong global demand for lamb thanks to tighter supplies from New Zealand.

BEEF + LAMB New Zealand (B+LNZ) is working together with its sheep farming counterparts from the US and Australia to get Americans eating more lamb.

HIGHER SHEEP and beef prices seem set to buffer the drop in export earnings from dairying, according to the latest economic update from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI).

THE IMPACT of the massive drought two years ago is still affecting sheep numbers, with only a modest increase this season.