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

LIVESTOCK

How a dry autumn is benefitting grass utilisation

Beef and sheep farmer John Ritchie, winner of Farmers Weekly’s Grassland Manager of the Year 2023, replaced set stocking with rotational grazing on his Perthshire hill farm. He is sharing…

SHEEP

Farmer imports breed to lift wool cheque up to five-fold

A large-scale, low-input Romney breeder has added low-micron fleece to his breeding goals, with the aim of turning a loss-making wool enterprise into a profitable one. Frank Langrish, of Langrish…

SHEEP

How to deal with rising haemonchus cases

Increased reports of a blood-sucking worm affecting performance and mortality rates in flocks should be met with an evidence-based approach before rushing for the drenching gun. Testing and detective work…

ASSESSING PERFORMANCE

Working with nature improves Lakeland farm's profits

Switching from a high-input farming system to one based on minimal inputs and working with nature has improved profitability on a Cumbrian farm. First-time farmers Richard and Alison Maxwell, of…

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