Story: Sheep farming
In the mid-1980s, production incentives and price guarantees for meat and wool were removed over a short period. Farmers suddenly had to face the reality of the free market, and product prices fell sharply. Farmers with a lot of debt went bankrupt, and many had to work away from their farms to survive financially. Sheep numbers declined. In this cartoon Eric Heath proposes alternative roles for the country’s surplus sheep.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: B-145-009
Cartoon by Eric Heath
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