Sheep
Sheep mineral supplementation
Throughout the year and production cycle, the ewe goes through different phases requiring varying nutritional requirements. Part of these are minerals which are vital for growth, productivity, and immunity. Various…
Read More >Data Driven Decision Making: Flock Management
“You can’t manage what you can’t don’t measure!” This article has been written as a continuation of a series of webinars on flock management between Sheep Specialist, Daniel Stout,…
Read More >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 >Veterinary Declaration Requirements for EU Exports
From the 13th of December 2023, a new veterinary declaration rule is coming into force across the country. The new rule requires farmers to certify that any POAO (Products of…
Read More >Sustainable Sheep Systems: Blowfly Strike
Join us for an evening webinar on 5th December with Prof Richard Wall on blowfly strike. Richard, a leading expert on ectoparasites, will take us through diagnosis, treatment, the different…
Read More >Wester Ross Women in Agriculture – Synchronising Ewes
Synchronisation is very useful if you are working and want everything lambed quickly, or if you want to stagger lambing in more even blocks, or lamb earlier, or make it…
Read More >Profiting from Health Planning – Sheep Workshop
Come along to our FAS Profiting from Health Planning Workshop focussing on sheep health planning on Tuesday 31st October starting at 10:30am at The Carrick Centre, Maybole (the meeting will…
Read More >Agribusiness News October 2023 – Sheep
Prime sheep sales are starting to pick up pace after a slow start, with lambs taking longer to finish this year. The price is currently above that of the previous…
Read More >Sustainable Sheep Systems: Viewfield Case Study
Read how the Maxwell family at Viewfield have developed a sustainable low input productive flock through a focus on functional genetics and production off forage. The Maxwell family, Marcus, Kate…
Read More >Agribusiness News September 2023 – Sheep
On the ground With a warm and wet summer, there is plentiful grass across the countryside. This availability of grass is driving people to the store lamb rings, maintaining prices…
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