Category Archives: Sheep
Tracesure supports new low-cost production system
A change of direction for a Devon beef and sheep farm, from high input to [...]
Tracesure takes on a lack of cobalt and the weather at 1,350 feet
Farming one of the UK’s highest farmsteads is not without its challenges but beef and [...]
Trace element supplementation raises productivity and profitability
John and Amanda Paterson sought to improve lambing percentages at Hartbush Farm, the 605-acre farm [...]
Livestock judge favours Tracesure
Getting rams into tip-top condition for sale day is a priority for pedigree Texel breeder, [...]
Borrowed trick boosts lambing ease for ewe and cattle alike
For much less assistance with lambing and fewer dead or orphan lambs, at less than [...]
Beware iodine over-supply to pregnant ewes or cows
Livestock farmers are being advised that it’s possible to over-supplement pregnant ewes and cows with [...]
Lambs need cobalt for fast finish, not B-vitamin ‘go faster stripes’
Sheep farmers are advised to be wary of misleading ‘go faster stripes’ on supplements for [...]
Increase lambs sold per ewe next year by investing now in flock fertility
€4k bounty for +0.2 lambs sold per ewe higher productivity in 200-ewe flock Recent experience [...]
Coping with lamb price rollercoaster by investing in flock fertility
Significant financial bounty from raising ewe productivity The way you sheep farmers cope with the [...]
Avoid turn-out trace element gap in ewes to ‘make hay while sun shines’ on lamb values
Turn-out from the lambing shed can put ewes at risk of a performance limiting Trace [...]
