Apiam's China genetics deal opens new meat sheep export doors

Andrew Marshall
Updated December 17 2018 - 12:53pm, first published December 14 2018 - 7:00am
Apiam  Animal Health's Dr David Osborn, overseeing the processing of ewes for the meat sheep breeding project in China.
Apiam Animal Health's Dr David Osborn, overseeing the processing of ewes for the meat sheep breeding project in China.

Australia is no stranger to exporting sheep genetics to the world, especially our Merino flock firepower, but Apiam Animal Health is pushing a particularly ambitious plan to breed a super race of Chinese meat sheep.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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