Weaning should be viewed as the starting point for next season’s lamb crop, with poor ewe condition and hidden trace element ...

Sheep producers who have not yet weaned lambs should act now to avoid dragging down ewe condition ahead of tupping. Independent sheep consultant Nerys Wright says weaning at 12 weeks is universally ...

Sheep have a high twinning rate that ensures faster growth of the herd. The objective of every sheep farmer is to rear the lambs to maturity, faster weight gain is crucial. The lambs act as ...

Weaning lambs early may be a useful tool to manage poor ewe body condition, but it should be seen as an exception – not an annual event. It risks setbacks in lamb growth rates because the rumen is not ...

The seven-week weights were collected for Eddie Gavin’s lambs on his mixed Carlow farm. and performance was good – well ahead of last year. The twin lambs in the 250-ewe flock were 1.7kg heavier than ...

New research suggests sheep and beef farmers could improve both profitability and emissions efficiency by increasing lamb weaning weights, with only marginal changes in total greenhouse gas emissions.

I’m weaning lambs at the moment. I decided to begin weaning because grass growth in fields is poor and lambs are competing with ewes for the best grass. Leaving lambs on ewes for too long can be ...