Flock recovery decimated

Jamie-Lee Oldfield
September 27 2018 - 7:00am
Gunbar destock: Dominic Jennings, Jack Jennings, Lance Anstice and Bradley Ingram, all of Gunbar Station, Merriwagga, sold about 11,000 Gunbar Station bred, August-shorn Merino ewes which sold for $184 at Hay. More p29
Gunbar destock: Dominic Jennings, Jack Jennings, Lance Anstice and Bradley Ingram, all of Gunbar Station, Merriwagga, sold about 11,000 Gunbar Station bred, August-shorn Merino ewes which sold for $184 at Hay. More p29

THE big dry is biting hard into Australia’s flock, with sheep slaughter now forecast to rise more than 20 per cent year-on-year.

Jamie-Lee Oldfield

Livestock editor for The Land.

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