To be honest, if sheep didn't have any wool it would have been paradise, because in Canada you only get a few cents per pound for wool. It's really hard to compete with the international competitors, because we have meat breeds here in Canada, while other countries specialize in wool breeds. It's within the fineness of the fibre and the quality of the fibre, and we can't compete on that. It's really difficult to do both side by side, so many years ago we took the meat way to produce sheep.
On April 25th, 2007. See this statement in context.