Animal industries into the 21st century: a wool perspective

L.K. Wiggins

New Zealand Wool Board, Wellington

Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production. 1990, 50: 387-392

The major challenges facing the sheep industry are improving animal performance, minimising disease, reducing labour, and being attuned to consumers' long term needs. Solutions will involve new technology in sheep breeding, biological disease control and novel approaches to reducing labour associated with sheep. Environmental, health and welfare issues are shaping up to be major consumer issues by the 21st century and production techniques will come under closer scrutiny in future.

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