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Protected soya ewe in diets; Opportunities with NWF Ultra Soy

1st February 2021

With more sheep farmers actively focusing on making quality silage, there is a growing opportunity to include protected soya in ewe diets.

Quality nutrition in early life will optimise lamb performance

27th January 2021

Industry standards suggest that annual lamb losses on lowland farms in the UK is estimated to be 15%. Losses in hill flocks are thought to be lower, however, the reduction in potential lamb output will detrimentally impact business profitability in any system, there fore quality nutrition in early life is crucial.

Preparation and Attention to Detail at Lambing

18th January 2021

Preparation is key for success, something which is well known by sheep farmers; poor preparation leads to chaos. Ensuring that staff are trained and understand the system is just as important as making sure that the environment is clean with adequate supplies of the essentials. Ewe condition and litter size are well-known details that are acted upon. Healthy ewes with good teeth, feet, and udders are more than capable of rearing twin lambs. It is ewes that have had prior issues lambing or previous udder problems which will need extra care; it is advised that ewes that have a history of problems should be recorded and culled.