The spring in Spring Sheep Milk’s step

The spring in Spring Sheep Milk’s step
CEO Nick Hammond says Spring Sheep is at a very exciting stage. (Image: Spring Sheep)
Riley Kennedy
A question Nick Hammond gets a lot of is: How many million dairy sheep does New Zealand have?The answer is actually only in the tens of thousands.Given NZ’s capacity in farming – be that genetics, animal husbandry and pastoral farming – that doesn’t make a lot of sense to many.This country has some of the “best dairy infrastructure” on the planet, and it exports roughly a third of all globally traded dairy products, helped by “very good trading relationships” with most key markets.“When you...

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