Content related to the topic: breeding

14 May 2025

Somerset: Utilising Lean management to improve farm efficiency (colostrum case study)

Discover how to unlock the potential of your farm team, enabling them to solve problems and provide sustained, long-term benefits for your business

3 March 2025

Host farms needed to gather commercial lamb data for industry project

RamCompare, the UK’s national progeny testing initiative, is seeking new commercial farms to join the project.

27 February 2025

Keeping its place as the number one herd

The Ballycairn herd is the highest ranking for our Profitable Lifetime Index (£PLI) in the UK. Its owner, Andrew McCollum, discusses whether this is important, how it has been achieved and obstacles which may prevent its continuation.

20 February 2025

RamCompare hits major milestone

The RamCompare project is celebrating its tenth year and is seeking new rams to join the 2025 breeding season.

3 February 2025

Non-approved lamb castration methods

Information about lamb castration methods that are not permitted in England.

3 February 2025

Surgical castration

Learn about surgical castration of lambs

3 February 2025

Short scrotum castration

Find out about the advantages and disadvantages of short scrotum castration

3 February 2025

Rubber ring and clamp (Burdizzo) combined castration

Find out about the advantages and disadvantages of rubber ring and clamp combined castration

3 February 2025

Clamp castration (Burdizzo)

Find out about the advantages and disadvantages of clamp castration

3 February 2025

Rubber ring castration (elastration)

Find out about the advantages and disadvantages of rubber ring castration

3 February 2025

Leaving rams entire

Find out about the advantages and disadvantages of leaving rams entire.

5 March 2025

Lamb castration methods

The impact of different methods of castrating lambs on welfare, productivity, profitability and the environment.