Sheep
SCOPS urges sheep producers to avoid 'blanket worming'
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group is urging producers to move away from the blanket worming of...
Sheep
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group is urging producers to move away from the blanket worming of...
Sheep
The National Sheep Association (NSA) has urged sheep farmers to be vigilant of issues that can arise this lambing season....
Sheep
The National Sheep Association’s (NSA) ‘lambing list’ has opened, aiming to provide solutions for sheep farmers seeking extra help at...
N.Ireland
While lambing replacement ewes at one-year-old is a common practice in many flocks, some farmers prefer to first lamb replacements...
Sheep
The Sustainable Control of Parasites in Sheep (SCOPS) group is encouraging sheep farmers to monitor ewe body condition scores to...
Sheep
Sheep producers looking to maximise weaning weights and lifetime performance for this lambing season, should adopt a combo supplement protocol...
Sheep
As lambing quickly approaches for many flocks, a north Wales vet has encouraged farmers to be fully prepared months in...
Sheep
The Anglesey branch of the Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) is helping members prepare for the next lambing season with...
Sheep
Ewes with low protein levels have a higher risk of losing lambs between scanning and birth, according to the latest...
N.Ireland
Over the next few weeks, the bulk of the mid-season lambing flocks across the country will be lambing down. During...
Beef
With the lambing and calving season underway or about to kick off, it is important farmers keep in mind the...
Sheep
The lambing season may be underway on some farms but, for the majority of farmers, their ewes won’t lamb down...
N.Ireland
Armagh part-time farmer John McKavanagh has just enjoyed the tightest lambing yet with all 280 Lleyn ewes heading back to...
N.Ireland
According to an assessment carried out by the National Fallen Stock Company (NFSCo), UK sheep mortality during the 2018 lambing...
Rural Life
Pregnant women who come into close contact with sheep or cows during lambing and calving are advised that they may risk...
Sheep
Even quiet, docile dogs can turn into killers, especially if they join other dogs in a pack, according Minister of State...
Sheep
March lambing flocks this year are averaging close to 1.9 or two lambs per ewe this year, compared to 1.8...
Sheep
Scanning results from early lambing flocks have left some farmers disappointed, according to Sheep Scanner Dominic Black. There was a...