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Australia is the world's largest producer of wool. [48] The Australian wool industry was worth $3.6 billion in 2022. [49] The total number of sheep is estimated to be 75 million. [48] In the late 1980s, the sheep flock was 180 million. [50] Only 5% of Australia's wool clip is processed onshore. [49]
This is a list of sheep breeds usually considered to originate or have developed in Australia and New Zealand. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Some may have complex or obscure histories, so inclusion here does not necessarily imply that a breed is predominantly or exclusively from those countries.
Sheep farming in Namibia (2017). According to the FAOSTAT database of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the top five countries by number of head of sheep (average from 1993 to 2013) were: mainland China (146.5 million head), Australia (101.1 million), India (62.1 million), Iran (51.7 million), and the former Sudan (46.2 million). [2]
He added that farmers would much rather give the animals away than cull them, but there haven’t been many takers for the free sheep. Too many sheep. Australia’s sheep flock is expected to ...
This is a list of the largest stations in Australia, ... Grazed sheep until 1942 and was once regarded as Australia's largest sheep station. [31] [32] 30 Dunbar: QLD ...
This is a list of ranches and sheep and cattle stations, organized by continent. Most of these are notable either for the large geographic area which they cover, or for their historical or cultural importance.
Rawlinna Station in Western Australia is the largest sheep station in Australia, covering about 10,117 square kilometres (3,906 sq mi) or 2.5 million acres. [7] Walter Peak is a notable old sheep station that was founded in 1860 on the south shore of Lake Wakatipu, South Island, New Zealand.
Australia is one of the world's largest exporters of sheep and cattle. According to Meat and Livestock Australia, 2.44 million sheep were exported to markets in Asia and the Middle East in 2012, [5] reduced from 4.2 million in 2008. [6] The total number of cattle exported in 2012 was 617, 301, down 11% from the previous year.