Fewer ewes in the east, but more in the west

By Angus Brown, Mecardo
July 13 2019 - 6:30am
FIGURE 1: Breeding ewes on hand- national total. The number of breeding ewes on hand at the end of February was down 5.2pc on February 2018, and down 6pc on October 18.
FIGURE 1: Breeding ewes on hand- national total. The number of breeding ewes on hand at the end of February was down 5.2pc on February 2018, and down 6pc on October 18.

There is little doubt the sheep flock is on the wane with the dry weather. Considering the strong sheep and lamb slaughter rates, we thought the flock decline would have shown up last year, but the official Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) numbers suggested that as of June 2018 it was yet to materialize.

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