@rysiek because of the shortages of consumer goods in communist Europe, in the DDR they bred sheep that were suitable for both wool and meat production¹, with as fine a wool as suitable for the non-Spanish climate of Germany.People in other places where Merino sheep don't thrive are looking for those rams to breed their own flocks.For obvious survive-the-apocalypse-and-rebuild-things reasons.¹ source²: I've skimmed whitecloversheepfarm.com/prl-a… , which was the first search result and I'm definitely going back to read the whole thing² of course I care about sources for my shitposts!
