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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A CLOGHER sheep farmer and member of Seskinore YFC, Allister Crawford, has spoken of the opportunities available in the world of sheep shearing.