For the first time in 20 years of breeding sheep to stock commercial flocks, Liz Breakey is fielding calls from cattle ranchers looking to start up one of their own.
"They call all the time lately," said Breakey, who raises British Suffolk and North Country Cheviot sheep just outside of Bragg Creek with her husband Alan. "That's never happened in 20 years. They're looking to diversify.
"And there's money there now. We've always made money, but this year you can make some decent money."
The lamb industry in the province -valued at $42 million in 2008 and the third-largest in the country after Quebec and Ontario -is in the middle of a growth spurt.
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