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Breeding
11 October 2022
This manual provides new guidelines for ultrasound scanning of sheep for muscle and fat depth. Ultrasound scanning provides measures for body composition in sheep breeding programmes, designed to enhance carcase yield and conformation, while optimising fatness.
11 October 2022
In the 25 years since the introduction of across-flock evaluations, more than 3 million terminal sire sheep records have been analysed by Signet Breeding Services. This analysis has been carried out by using a dataset of over 650,000 ultrasound scans for muscle and fat depth, and over 10,000 images from computed tomography (CT). The UK breeds sheep with world-leading terminal sire genetics and has some of the best tools for measuring and analysing sheep in the world.
22 August 2022
Farmers and geneticists are united in the aim to reduce the size of Holstein cows
1 September 2023
Our updated online bull search makes finding dairy sires quicker and easier
27 June 2022
Sexed dairy semen dominates as the preferred choice for breeding on dairy farms
7 June 2022
Find out how reducing the number of older sows in the herd and tightening up the parity profile has proved an important shift for a producer
6 June 2022
Find out how one producer has increased the number of piglets weaned by an average of 1.5 pigs per litter over the past four years.
6 June 2022
Find out how a strict policy to cull sows at parity five can lead to reduced waste and reduced costs without cutting standards or performance.
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.
10 May 2022
RamCompare’s year six results demonstrate how rams with key breeding traits can optimise flock profitability.
25 March 2022
Ewe breeding flocks have been involved in weight recording programmes for over 50 years. The reasons breeders were interested in flock recording back then are the same today. Breeders need an unbiased way to find those rams and ewes in the flock with the best genetic potential.
23 March 2022
In April £PLI, £SCI and £ACI will be updated to reflect increases in input costs and the price of milk.