Sheep farmers attempting to intensively finish lambs indoors for the first time should start feeding creep outside to help adjust the rumen to the change in diet, rather than expecting them to finish ...

C reep feeding is a means of providing supplemental nutrients to nursing animals with feed not available to the mother. It can be in the form of grain, protein supplements, commercial creep feed, or ...

First-cut silage is now in the clamp. While all went without a hitch, grass yields were well down. I’m hoping for a bulkier second cut, which we will aim to cut in early July. Time will tell if the ...

ALL flocks have lambs that need to be twinned-on or artificially reared, but Northumberland sheep producer, Malcolm Corbett, takes a more strategic approach to rearing surplus lambs. Along with his ...