date:Jun 12, 2012
Emmanuel Coste, president of the lamb arm of French agency Interbev, said the average age of sheep farmers around the world was increasing and in France, stood at 55 years old.
This is one of the most important challenges we face, he told delegates to the Sheep Committee Meeting in Paris. All over the world this is a problem, we need to attract more younger people into sheep farming.
One way his organisation was tackling the issue was through competition, he said, and the success of the French