Content related to the topic: lamb

16 February 2023

Sheep Antimicrobial Usage Tool

calculator designed to provide an estimation of antimicrobial usage on sheep farms

22 May 2024

Worming advice from Challenge Sheep farmer Rob Hawke

First generation farmers Rob and Anna Hawke joined the AHDB Beef & Lamb-funded project, Challenge Sheep, when it began in 2017.

22 May 2024

Worming advice from Strategic Farmer Adrian Coombe

Strategic Farmer, Adrian Coombe, farms with his wife Lyn, and father Peter, at Dupath Farm in Callington, Cornwall.

3 February 2025

Lamb Box Schemes

If you are looking to start up, or are running your own farm beef, lamb or pork box scheme, we have produced supporting materials for farmers and customers.

28 March 2025

Liver fluke survival in silage project

Liver fluke is a parasite that affects the health and welfare of livestock, specifically cattle and sheep. This research investigates whether liver fluke in silage poses a risk to livestock.

17 September 2026

Challenge Sheep

A project investigating the impact of body condition and mating ewes as ewe lambs or shearlings on lifetime performance.

4 September 2025

Direct selling literature

A range of guides and reports related to Direct Selling of Beef & Lamb

4 March 2020

Optimising sheep systems for better returns

There is more data being collected on sheep farms than ever before, but we need to make sure it is being used effectively

4 March 2020

Abattoir post-mortem conditions guide

Disease conditions recorded at post-mortem inspection often lead to financial loss of the carcase value

4 March 2020

New CT traits for sheep

Over the last 20 years, more than 10,000 lambs have been scanned using Computed Tomography (CT).

11 December 2020

North York Moors Swaledale Breeders Operational Group

The North York Moors Swaledale Breeders are a group of upland farmers who are looking to improve the carcase traits of their Swaledale sheep flocks and have secured EIP AGRI funding to set up what is known as an Operational Group.

28 February 2020

Recording your sheep

A leaflet produced by Signet services Ltd that will help farmers to record their flock