Shearer shortage needs planning while flock numbers remain low

Elizabeth Anderson
June 20 2019 - 6:10pm
PLAN AHEAD: Katrina and Andrew Dyer, Dyer Shearing Contractors, Lameroo, with Buster. Ms Dyer says the shearing industry needs to work on its retention rates.
PLAN AHEAD: Katrina and Andrew Dyer, Dyer Shearing Contractors, Lameroo, with Buster. Ms Dyer says the shearing industry needs to work on its retention rates.

A POTENTIAL shearer shortage has been largely offset by a significantly reduced national sheep flock, but there is a need to plan ahead, industry insiders say.

Elizabeth Anderson

Editor of Stock Journal.

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