Kiwi methods may not suit all UK systems

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The wide variation in successful sheep production systems in the UK should not have their credibility challenged by the current fad to promote New Zealand ranch-style shepherding.That's according to Cumbria sheep producer Will Case, who's concerned too many people may get swept away with the concept of New Zealand farming without fully evaluating it."Profitable sheep farming is about putting round pegs in round holes and the current systems practised in the UK do precisely that. They have been developed by generations of skilled stockkeepers to suit all situations of climate and terrain, and if we start to assume that the only way to make money out of sheep is to ranch-farm Romneys we'll be doing our industry serious harm," he adds.