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FAS presentation: Introduction to sheep production 14.10.17
These are the presentation slides from the FAS Improving Efficiency in Small Scale Sheep Production
Read More >FAS presentation: Health & Disease Control in Sheep 14.10.17
These presentation slides were used at the FAS Improving Efficiency in Small Scale Sheep Production meeting on 14.10.17
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Making the most of your land – Renewables, Woodlands & GAEC, Event summary
With the current Brexit situation and uncertain red meat markets, farmers need to explore how to ‘Make the most from their land’. By maximising output from your farmland, you can…
Read More >QMS Worm Control in Sheep
As the UK sheep industry has intensified and become more reliant on pastures grazed only by sheep, the dependence on anthelmintics has increased. The heavy use and misuse of these relatively cheap products has led to the development of resistance. The industry needs to act now so worms can be effectively controlled in the years to come.
Read More >Practical Guide: Improving Ewe Efficiency (3) – Meeting Benchmarks Post Lambing
This Practical Guide looks at maximizing performance within the flock, concentrating on post lambing.
Read More >Practical Guide: Improving Ewe Efficiency (2) – Pre Lambing
This Practical Guide looks at maximizing performance within the flock, concentrating on pre lambing.
Read More >Practical Guide: Improving Ewe Efficiency (1)
This Practical Guide looks at benchmarks to assess flock efficiency. Additional guides in this series focus on maximising performance both pre and post lambing.
Read More >QMS – Ewe nutrition and body condition scoring timeline
A visual guide to ewe condition pre and post lambing.
Read More >Year Round Feeding the Ewe for Lifetime Production
Improved prices and better prospects for British lamb have lifted the industry and added value to any technical efficiency. The key to more and better lambs per ewe is proper feeding. We now know that proper nutrition, from as early in life as an embryo or even and egg, can affect a sheep’s lifetime performance.
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