Declining sheep numbers are also pulling up the price of strong wool. The country's flock keeps falling as more farms are ...

O'Sullivan: But a good shearer can shear a sheep in a minute and the ... Back in the 1950s, wool was basically like gold in New Zealand. More from Big Business ...

Strong wool prices are at an eight-year high, but hill country farmers are continuing to invest in sheep that don't grow fleece. Penny Miles has the story.

Today on The Country radio show, host Jamie Mackay catches up with Quentin Whitehead, a Gore farmer and patriarch of a ...

New Zealand, which has more sheep than people, is the third-largest wool producer in the world. It produces so-called ZQ-certified wool, which is marketed as “the world’s leading ethical wool ...

SAFE is calling for an independent inquiry after evidence of severe violence towards sheep was captured across 34 farms.

Meant for meat production, ‘Nudies’ are a breed of sheep that don’t grow wool, allowing farmers to save on costs.

in strong wool sheep or the finer wool of Merinos. It’s only the third attempt on the record in New Zealand since Hawke’s Bay shearer Dion King shore 866 in a King Country wool shed in January 2007.

NEW Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries could prosecute and disqualify individuals from working with animals following its investigations into PETA claims of sheep mistreatment during ...

"While footage shows sheep are being kicked ... "Many companies using New Zealand wool, including Arc'teryx, Barkers, Icebreaker, Max, Mons Royale, Rodd and Gunn, and Untouched World, market ...