A flock of Merino sheep in a pasture on a farm near Christchurch, New Zealand. (Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) ...

Flock drops to the lowest it's been in 75 years. Once upon a time there were 20 sheep to every Kiwi. Now it's more like seven to every New Zealander. Blame cows, which are now bringing home the bacon.

At a ratio of 7,000 sheep to one shepherd and average flock sizes of 3,000 ewes, trouble-free sheep in New Zealand are essential. Having ewes that lamb ...

Between 2017 and 2024, more than 260,000 hectares of productive sheep farming land were plastered in pine trees - never to return to pasture. In just one generation New Zealand has lost over two ...

How a New Zealand sheep stud added 720g to carcass weight. Michael Priestley 21 December 2022 ... Cattle are mobbed up to mate in December and graze blocks over the summer for pasture control on ...

“From a pasture management perspective, the 2P trackers are ideal,” said Edison Zhou, Head of Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands at Trinasolar Asia Pacific.

New Zealand Herald, March 12, 1926 In his “Sheep Farm and Station Management,” E. H. Pearse gives two instances of wholly black flocks. One belonged to William Allan of the Darling Downs.

If you counted all the sheep at Plumpy’s Peaceful Pastures, ... Until 2021, it was illegal to import Valais embryos into the U.S., so the Weddles ordered frozen Valais semen from New Zealand.