Sheep
A surprising number of farmers have been purchasing meal containing average quality ingredients making up 40% plus of rations."
For mid-season flocks, concentrate supplementation will have begun on many farms, as the lambing season edges closer.
Flocks lambing during March should be monitoring feeding from the start of January until lambing in order to achieve optimum performance.
Energy is the first limiting factor in the late pregnancy diet of ewes; but protein also has an important role to play.
Late pregnancy is a critical period on sheep farms, as 85% of all foetal growth occurs in the final two weeks of pregnancy.
