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Saturday 4 February 2012
SPRING LAMBERS, especially those indoors, should be aware that coccidiosis can be a serious problem for them, says Janssen Animal Health.
AS SHEEP scanning gets well underway in many parts of the country for the forthcoming lambing season, farmers running a flock with a barren rate greater than 2% can now ask for a subsidised flock blood test to establish whether the cause of the problem is toxoplasmosis.
YOU LIVE and learn, and feeding high energy blocks proved a life-saver during snowstorms last year, in Alec Telfer’s flocks of 500 Blackface ewes at Broadmeadows, Yarrowford, Selkirk, and 450 ewes at Craigburn, Leadburn, West Linton.
TAKING FOSTER lambs through to finishing weight looks like it will be a cost effective exercise this coming lambing season, as market prices are set to remain firm and a respectable profit margins in the order of £15 to £20 per head is possible, says an industry expert.
HAVING JUST had the good fortune to visit the Falkland Isles where sheep still reign supreme, I thought it might be appropriate to indulge in a bit of nostalgia of a sheep world which some of us ‘old timers’ might just remember.
Will Defra fight for Scotland in the CAP reform negotiation?
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Will Defra fight for Scotland in the CAP reform negotiation?
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