Three or so generations ago, wool comprised the main earner on a sheep and beef cattle farm but, these days, shearing sheep is more of an animal husbandry measure than anything else; a cost to farmers rather than a money-spinner.
Somewhere in the region of 90% of New Zealand's wool production is
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