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Lamb
25 April 2023
With key lamb producing regions seeing flock declines, EU production is forecast to decline by 1.2% year-on-year (YOY) in 2023, potentially supporting prices on the continent.
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.
7 October 2022
A wrap-up of EU beef and sheep meat production during the first half of 2022
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30 September 2022
GB new season lamb prices continued to follow seasonal trends in September, weakening, but remaining relatively steady.
30 September 2022
Provisional survey results show more cattle and sheep in Ireland versus a year ago.
27 October 2022
The amount of methane produced per kilogramme of lamb sold is an important consideration for farmers and supply chains looking to reduce their environmental footprint.
17 November 2022
Join Severn Edge Farm Vets and AHDB Beef & Lamb for this opportunity to see the internal effects of parasite damage via demonstrations of sheep post-mortems
22 September 2022
UK sheep meat exports dip below 2021 in July
21 September 2022
Knowing how to overcome and manage drier conditions to build future resilience is one thing, but how do you get the most from this year’s lamb crop
16 September 2022
The latest Defra figures show that 22,700 tonnes of sheep meat were produced during August, up 2% from July
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8 September 2022
According to the latest June livestock survey released by Defra, the English sheep flock grew