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

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


    Latest figures from Stats NZ show a 21 percent 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 percent over the same period.

    Federated Farmers Meat and Wool Chair, Toby Williams says - 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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