New Zealand is still one of a few countries in the world where sheep outnumber people. But the human population is catching ...

when farming sheep for meat and wool was New Zealand’s biggest earner. Now, years of falling wool prices prompted by a global shift to synthetic fibers have led farmers to change what they do ...

Farmer Ross Turner feeds his sheep hay in his snow covered paddocks on the outskirts of Christchurch, New Zealand, July 12, 2017. Credit: AP/Mark Baker Toby Williams, a spokesperson for sector ...

Farmers try something new In 2023, Stats NZ, a government agency, said New Zealand in 2022 dipped below five sheep per person for the first time. The national flock had lost a million more sheep ...