Lamb

26 May 2022

Auction market throughputs, and slaughter were both lower in the week

25 May 2022

A project to identify how sheep breeds are evolving to better cope with the challenges of climate change has been carried out as part of the joint AHDB and BBSRC Initiative: Enabling the agricultural transition to net-zero.

24 May 2022

New Zealand has slaughtered 12.8million sheep and lambs in the first half of the 2021/22 season (which began in October), totalling 256,000 tonnes of sheep meat

23 May 2022

Following two years of covid restrictions which led to 2021’s online format, the Sheep Breeders Round Table (SBRT) are delighted to be back delivering their popular in-person conference this November, and you’re invited!

19 May 2022

In the week ending 18 May, liveweight lamb prices declined with the OSL SQQ dropping 13.7p, to 255.6p/kg

12 September 2022

RamCompare is the UK’s commercial progeny test for terminal sire rams. Over six breeding seasons, we have recorded the performance of around 30,000 lambs sired by 313 rams through artificial insemination (AI) and natural mating.

19 May 2022

Positive trade balance for UK sheep meat in Q1

17 May 2022

An article looking at when is the best time to sow

12 May 2022

Lamb prices were mixed last week

12 May 2022

The main driver for the increase in year-on-year production is due to an increase in slaughter numbers in 2022.

11 May 2022

Join us to learn about the key findings from a recent AHDB-funded PhD that investigated which key performance indicators can have the biggest impact on sheep farms.

11 May 2022

Matt Blyth and Challenge Sheep project farmer, Ian Wilson, looking at how the use of electronic identification (EID) can aid decision making on farm to improve performance.

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