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Sheep production cycle (typical systems)

Sheep production cycle

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Statistics for Sheep

Sheep
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Total sheep and lambs
(000s)
42264 36716 35834 35846 35817 35416 34722 33946 33131
Sheep - holdings
(000s)
83.3 79.2 - 79.9 - 74.3
Total marketings sheep
(000s)
19642 13322 15342 15839 15493 16539 16590 16037 17130
Sheep value of production
(£ millions)
638 442 623 703 708 688 709 637 822
Sheep subsidies
(£ millions)
337 184 284 233 262 0 0 0 0
Home fed sheep as % new supply
(%)
98 78 85 85 85 85 90 84 88
Sheep
(000s)
440.7 571.6 691.0 747.3 863.1








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