Friday, May 26, 2023

New Zealand ratio of sheep to people falls

 



Sheep are mustered on Withers Farm in Kaipara Flats in Auckland, New Zealand. Statistics NZ reported the ratio of sheep to people had fallen below five to one for the first time in 170 years, local media said. The Agricultural Production Census found the national flock fell by 2% to 25.3 million sheep in June 2022. Photograph: Fiona Goodall/Getty

 

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