Gross returns for Merinos at a high

By Caitlyn Burling
November 25 2018 - 8:00pm
Victorian farmer Dean Wheaton has truly found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow - the Merino sheep. With the current favourable meat and wool prices, Dean's 2200 Merino ewe flock are a very profitable enterprise, earning him $293 total gross income per ewe.
Victorian farmer Dean Wheaton has truly found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow - the Merino sheep. With the current favourable meat and wool prices, Dean's 2200 Merino ewe flock are a very profitable enterprise, earning him $293 total gross income per ewe.

Dean Wheaton didn’t think his Merinos could perform any better than the 2017 season.

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