How New Zealand Farmers Sheer 300 Sheep Per Day | Insider Business

There are nearly 26 million sheep in New Zealand. Workers at Tom O'Sullivan's farm shear 25,000 of them in less than two weeks. But the cost of shearing the sheep comes dangerously close to wiping out any potential profits.

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[thehangmansdaughter]

The fastest shearers in NZ can strip a grown ewe in less than 60 seconds. I know that doesn't sound impressive, but they're supporting the 60-70kg (135-155 pounds) animal at the same time. I used to spend summer in my uncle's shearing shed, shearing 60k sheep in 12 days. I was a rousey (sheep chaser), because I couldn't shear. I wanted to, but the sheep weigh more than I do!

[timobatana]

The sheer amount of work they do. It's not

[junaidfayaz]

3.30 this guy looks like Australian Leg Spinner Adam Zampa 😂

[Sjalabais]

I've only ever seen this done here in Norway and I've never witnessed a sheep as docile of some of these. That speaks to the quality and technique of the shearer; incredibly impressive.

[usamaepekonis]

The sheer amount of sheep that is sheered is crazy

[JohnHausser]

Those 🐑 look so relaxed and chilled !

Cheers from San Diego California 🇺🇸

[TojiFushigoroWasTaken]

Its funny how suddenly everyone keeps complaining about the huge cost of labor rn. I feel like this is happening to all industries that previously treated their employees poorly with poor, unliveable wages and yet get that surprised pikachu face when no one is ready to work for them. Its a huge trend really and hard not to generalize this

[mnkybndit]

This is why free trade agreements aren't always a good thing. Not when cheap imports destroy your own industries.

[StagnantMizu]

just store the wool till it is worth selling right? or does it decay without processing?

[an]

I wish I have 100% wool clothing and blankets. I hate synthetic plastic fibers it never smells good even after a wash and it keeps bad odors too!

[boppins]

Would like to hear more about why the price is so low, and what could be done to fix it? Over-abundance of available wool?

[Miguel-ngwm]

It's crazy how I can't find quality wool clothes, it's all synthetic. Where could I buy this wool?

[NA_erFan]

Sounds like we need to focus our purchasing power away from synthetic fabrics.

[ikatz]

It's "shear" not "sheer"

[sophiaisabelle]

Those sheep look like they're really taken care of. The amount of wool that was shed could possibly help out those in need.

[darcyking]

The heat humidity and smell in those sheering sheds is really strong!! How hard they work they don’t get paid enough

[jeannedouglas]

Wool like cotten is so preferred but synthetic seems to own the markets for many decades. So cotton and wool are luxury. Research seems to say that synthetic does not break down naturally like wool or cotton because synthetic is not from earth so to speak. Anyway, best of luck in your industry.

[wendyg]

You've gotta love a Zoom Broom !
a friend of mine won the Golden Shears .

[Chinhnguyen]

yeah. Anything related to China is usually not beneficial. at some point they will raise the price, and then they won't buy anymore so everyone always has inventory, and from there China has an endless supply of cheap prices

[WillLiam]

I bet the sheep feel like a million bucks after losing all that bulk/weight