Record productivity gains offset lowest national flock in 70 years
Jamie Ball Wed, 20 Aug 2014
Sheep numbers have dropped to below 30 million for the first time since the mid-1930s, while beef cattle numbers have increased for the first time in seven years.
Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief economist Andrew Burtt says productivity improvements have offset the near-halving of the national
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