This means that farmers can wait for their sheep to moult rather than spending time and money on shearing. The new ewes are estimated to save farmers £8 per animal per year in labour costs. ‘We used ...

a Gore farmer and patriarch of a high-profile shearing family, to learn why he’s looking into self-shedding sheep. Federated Farmers meat and wool chair says the Government’s announcement ...

there’s no shearing, dagging and crutching. We don’t even dock our ones,” Kellick said. “The workload is about 60 per cent less than a wool-bred sheep.” Across the range in the Wairarapa ...