Watch Irish sheep herders at work and learn why most of the country's agricultural land is used as pasture

Name: Watch Irish sheep herders at work and learn why most of the country's agricultural land is used as pasture
Uploaded: 2020-02-24T08:00:00
Duration: 39 s
Description: The importance of sheep herding to the economy of Ireland

The importance of sheep herding to the economy of Ireland

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Transcript

NARRATOR: Ireland is poorer than many of its European neighbors. Though it is largely an agricultural country, the landscape is not well suited to cultivating crops. Most of the agricultural land is used as pasture, and sheep are the most common form of livestock.

Each year between eight and nine million of the animals are slaughtered and millions more are sheared for their wool.