But Mr Bozic says both numbers and breeding quality have since improved, although not enough for him to contemplate selling a horse to eager Germans and Americans hanging around his door, or sending a team to the Olympics.

ECONOMIST: Horses with wings

Stephen runs the family dairy farm with his wife, Jill, and has been working at breeding high-quality cows for years.

FORBES: Technology

At Breezy Point, the difference this year is that so much of the fenced area appears to be high-quality breeding habitat, Mr. Avrin explained.

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Dozens of official reports, plans and national strategies, and promises of technical help, have failed to overcome a vicious circle: most herders are poor, have too few animals, and cannot afford the improvements in breeding, pasture management and shearing needed to raise fibre quality and yield.

ECONOMIST: Misguided mercantilism, or self-help