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Lambing numbers down after challenging farming year

Lambing numbers down after challenging farming year Newshub 15/12/2020 © Getty There were 357,000 fewer lambs tailed this year than in 2019. Lambing numbers were down 1.5 percent this year, after drought conditions brought challenging conditions for farmers in some parts of the country. The total number of lambs tailed in spring this year was 357,000 head fewer than in spring 2019, when 22.9 million head were tailed, according to the latest Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ) Lamb Crop Outlook report. The lower number was attributed to drought conditions in the North Island. B+LNZ s chief executive Sam McIvor said in light of the drought, the numbers were impressively high.

Lamb numbers up, despite a challenging year for farmers

“Despite the challenges of 2020 including drought and Covid-19, sheep farmers demonstrated why they are the world’s best, their resilience and the agility of their farming systems has meant they’ve performed outstandingly and this should be a real point of pride for our sector,” Beef and Lamb chief executive Sam McIvor said. Despite this, export volumes would probably be significantly affected by the follow-on effects of the drought that struck a number of regions across the country earlier this year. This was because of lower animal weights and the retention of sheep for breeding and building up stock numbers, he said.

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