A Kiwi sheep milk company is recruiting farmers and their flocks as demand for its nutritional products grows. The largest sheep milking group in New Zealand, Spring Sheep Milk Company this week announced the opening of an office in China, which is on track to become the largest export market for its sheep milk powder products. Supplied Spring Sheep Milk Company is on the lookout for dairy sheep farmers to join its growing list of suppliers. Supplied Spring Sheep chief executive Scottie Chapman says with New Zealand’s reputation with both sheep and dairy farming, sheep milk is a natural evolution. Worldwide, the sheep milk industry is worth US$8 billion (NZ$12.2b) at the farm gate and US$30b at retail.

Source: Stuff October 23, 2020 01:17 UTC