Milking it: Spring Sheep's flock like no other

Milking it: Spring Sheep's flock like no other
Nick Hammond takes over the role from Scottie Chapman. (Image: Supplied)
Rebecca Howard
Nick Hammond takes the helm of Spring Sheep Milk Co with a clear vision: expansion.“The next focus for Spring Sheep, which is where I’ve stepped into the chief executive role, is around scaling, scaling the businesses and that’s where my skills sets are really what we are looking to draw on,” he said.Hammond, who co-founded the business and has been the chief operating officer, was closely involved in setting up the company’s genetics, farming and processing for scalability. He takes over from Scottie Chapman, who...

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