Know How / Sheep

Whether you run a sheep flock that numbers in the dozens or the thousands, keeping your rams, ewes and lambs healthy and productive is the key to achieving maximum production.

Regardless of your sheep breed, location or system, these pages give you the important health, welfare, nutrition and genetic advice to help make your flock profitable and sustainable.

Key focus areas:

Breeding to suit your system
Grassland management and nutrition
Improving flock health
Finishing lambs to suit market requirements
Reducing your cost of production

Latest Know How

SHEEP

7 tips for weaning and post-weaning management of lambs

When to wean is one of the most important decisions in a flock’s calendar, influencing lamb performance and ewe scanning rates. Charlotte Mouland from Synergy Farm Health says the weaning…

BREEDING AND FERTILITY

New breeding tools target flock efficiency and methane output

Selecting for low methane alongside desirable production traits could cut emissions by 10-20% over 10 years without compromising efficiency, a three-year research project has found. Data from more than 13,000…

FEED AND NUTRITION

Advice on testing big bale silage to optimise feed decisions

Farms relying on big bale silage to feed cattle should have an idea of its nutritional value – and ideally get some feedback on their field management. The simplest way…

SHEEP

How regular body condition scoring aims to improve scanning

Treating only underperforming lambs for worm burdens has seen a Welsh sheep farm cut its wormer use by more than 45% while maintaining weights and performance. Montgomeryshire farmers Glyn and…

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