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Toby Williams: Federated Farmers Meat and Wool Chair on the decline in livestock numbers

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A tough winter ahead for meat processing plants as livestock numbers continue to decline.

Latest figures from Stats NZ show a 21% drop in sheep numbers over the past 10 years – a total decline of 6.2 million sheep since 2014.

The number of dairy cattle also fell 13% over the same period.

Federated Farmers Meat and Wool Chair Toby Williams told Ryan Bridge keeping livestock processing plants open, profitable, and running efficiently is a significant challenge.

He says big plants are struggling to get numbers of livestock through, with close to million less lambs to process this year than last.

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A tough winter ahead for meat processing plants as livestock numbers continue to decline.

Latest figures from Stats NZ show a 21% drop in sheep numbers over the past 10 years – a total decline of 6.2 million sheep since 2014.

The number of dairy cattle also fell 13% over the same period.

Federated Farmers Meat and Wool Chair Toby Williams told Ryan Bridge keeping livestock processing plants open, profitable, and running efficiently is a significant challenge.

He says big plants are struggling to get numbers of livestock through, with close to million less lambs to process this year than last.

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See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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