Advice
Consistent lamb prices throughout 2024 have increased confidence among UK sheep farmers, with more than 83% saying they had maintained or increased the number of ewes to the ram last autumn.
Attention to detail is essential when lambing indoors.
A focus on ewe nutrition during the last six to eight weeks of pregnancy can help produce healthy lambs and maintain ewe health.
Schmallenburg – keep up to date
What do you need to know about the Schmallenberg virus?
Íæż½ã½ã are urged to stay vigilant this lambing and calving season after cases of Schmallenberg have been identified in southern Scotland.
Sheep special
Sheep and lambing blogs
- Emma Gray's Farming Life blog series
- From the lambing shed: Hannah Murrell - "It's not unusual for me to dream about sheep at night"
Lambing essentials
Scottish sheep farmer Nicola Wordie has made a video for social media, listing all the essentials every farmer needs at lambing time.
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From the lambing shed
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