Outdoor lambing done with the right breeds, approach and at the optimal time of year can help farms lower costs in their sheep systems. Farms lambing outdoors rely heavily on the weather, but lambs ...

LAST week in my article I discussed how to extend the grazing season and keep the ewe flock out at grass for most of the, if not the entire, winter. The next logical step is to aim to lamb the ewes ...

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WITH good facilities a farmer will be able to carry out all the basic tasks with sheep e.g. dose, draft, feed and wean for hundreds of ewes. So where is the labour on sheep? The crux occurs at lambing ...

Our Charollais, Abermax and Aberblack tups are in with our indoor lambing flock and boy, have they been busy! Half the 220-ewe flock was covered over the first two days. They have been in for 10 days ...

I grew up on a farm in North Yorkshire and my favourite part of the year was lambing. I would always spend the half term holiday helping, and then go as much as I could alongside school. Every chance ...