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Data Driven Decision Making: Flock Breeding Selection
Daniel Stout, SAC Sheep and Grassland Specialist alongside Duncan Nelless, farmer at Thistleyhaugh Farm, discuss using individual animal data to make more informed breeding decisions. It is very important to…
Read More >Overhead Powerlines: recognise the dangers and stay safe
How safe are you when you are working near overhead powerlines? Every year people are killed or seriously injured when they come into contact with high voltage electricity. Distractions, working…
Read More >Sheep Worrying Advice for Lambing Time
Reports of dog attacks on sheep, seem to be a common occurrence in the media. These dog attacks can result in death of the ewe and lambs being carried or…
Read More >Improving Lamb Carcass Quality – CT Scanning
Following on from a webinar on the topic, find out what CT scanning is and how it can be used to improve lamb carcass quality. This publication will explain the…
Read More >Inverness-shire New Entrants Group
Join us for a meeting on how to establish and grow a sheep enterprise.
Read More >Breeding Lambs for Carcass Quality
This event will be relevant to breeders who are interested in increasing the commercial value of their tups and also commercial sheep breeders who want to understand more about the information available to them when buying tups.
Read More >Quarantine for Bought in Stock – Q & A
Buying in stock is common practice on many beef and sheep farms especially at this time of year with many breeding sales taking place across the country. However whether you’re…
Read More >Sustainable Sheep Systems – Grazing principles for productive flocks
Join us for an evening webinar on Thursday 26th May at 7.30pm with Daniel Stout and Poppy Frater of SACs GrazeUp. In the first of 4 grazing focussed webinars we’ll discuss the principals of effective grazing management and how to best optimise pasture productivity and ewe and lamb performance through the summer.
Read More >Sustainable Sheep Systems – Utilising forage crops to reduce reliance on concentrates this winter
Join us for an evening webinar on Thursday 19th May at 7.30pm with Kirsten Williams and Hazel Laughton to discuss the options available to grow forage crops this season, which will reduce reliance on concentrates this winter.
Read More >Reducing the Environmental Impact of Silage Bales
Baling silage is generally a more expensive way of making silage compared to clamp storage and silage quality tends not to be quite as good. As baler technology develops, the quality and quantity of silage in a bale is increasing. However, the environmental issue of plastic use and disposal remains a big concern with baled silage.
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