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Sheep production cycle (typical systems)

Sheep production cycle




Statistics for Sheep

Sheep
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Total sheep and lambs
(000s)
42264 36716 35834 35846 35817 35416 34722
Sheep - holdings
(000s)
83.3 79.2 79.9
Total marketings sheep
(000s)
19642 13322 15342 15839 15493 16539 16541
Sheep value of production
(£ millions)
638 442 623 703 708 688 711
Sheep subsidies
(£ millions)
337 184 284 301 322 0 0
Home fed sheep as % new supply
(%)
98 78 85 85 85 90 89







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