Hair Sheep breeds include: Dorper ... The Merino is mainly used for its wool; the fleece weight per year is 5.5 kg. Romney Marsh sheep The Romney is an open-faced breed with long wool that ...

There’s no shortage of sheep to count, either: 33 million or so across Britain, which is a quarter of the EU flock and 3% globally. And those 33 million woolly blobs, scudding like four-legged clouds ...