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High-fertility Finn sheep

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High-fertility Finn sheep

A way to increase lamb production is to improve lambing percentages. Finns, which are highly fertile, were imported to improve the fecundity of the country’s traditional breeds through cross-breeding.

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Hugh Stringleman and Robert Peden, Sheep farming – Recently introduced breeds, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/16669/high-fertility-finn-sheep (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Hugh Stringleman and Robert Peden, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 March 2015.