That’s the situation facing farmers who are voting with their chequebooks by paying a premium for these new self-shedding ...

Meant for meat production, ‘Nudies’ are a breed of sheep that don’t grow wool, allowing farmers to save on costs.

Following is a transcription of the video: Narrator: Here in the New Zealand countryside, 25,000 sheep are sheared in just 10 days. Tom O'Sullivan: It's a nightmare trying to keep the sheep still.

Every year, the town of Te Kuiti in New Zealand — the Sheep Shearing Capital of the World — hosts the Great New Zealand Sheep Muster. Over 1,000 sheep are let loose through the town's streets ...