Three surviving lambs are all Neville Mattick has to show for the season, after feral pigs turned to a convenient source of protein; his flock.

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The Hargraves producer, who initially bred Merino and switched to Aussie Whites in the late 2000s, said he's now facing a future without sheep on a property that has produced lambs since the 1800s, after feral pigs have made the operation unviable.

"The sheep are recovering, and they're probably going to be trucked out. My wife wants to have one more try and put the rams out now, see if we can do it offseason, just t

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