Environment
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.
Read More >Practical Guide: Farm woodlands for shelter
Practical Guide: Farm woodlands for shelter
Read More >Practical Guide: Farm woodlands and carbon
Practical Guide: Farm woodlands and carbon
Read More >Integrated Crop Management & New Technologies Roadshow: Inverness – Event summary
Integrated Crop Management & Control of Pests The evening event was held at Tulloch Caledonian Stadium to update farmers on Crop and Soil Research. Professor Bryan Griffiths, soil scientist and…
Read More >Resilience Planning for your Cattle Herd (Balivanich) – Event Summary
Calving Season Approaching With calving on the horizon crofters in Uist met to discuss a number of topical issues for their cattle herd. SAC vet Franz Brulisauer was the main…
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