Sheep
Planning the timing of the breeding season on sheep farms will be an important decider in whether the post-lambing period will be costly.
Keeping on top of lameness within flocks is a never-ending issue and is something has to be consistently monitored.
With lambing underway or set to get underway on many mid-season lambing flocks, an issue that might arise is a ewe prolapsing.
Even though the breeding season won't be kicking off on many sheep farms until October/November, preparations must begin now for it.
With the lambing season approaching for mid-season flocks, it is time for farmers to start administering vaccinations.
N.Ireland
The College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) is set to hold a ewe management...
With the breeding season in full swing, farmers who plan to lamb down their flocks in March will have let their rams out to the ewes by now.
