Farmers are sounding the alarm - warning the sheep industry is collapsing
Farmers are sounding the alarm - warning the sheep industry is collapsing
26 May 2025
Numbers in flocks have declined from 70 million just over 40 years ago - to 25 million today.
Farmers say carbon farming is the main factor - reducing productive farmland.
Federated Farmers Meat and Wool Chair, Toby Williams, says the industry needs support now.
He says if the Government doesn't make changes soon the industry will fail.
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