Content related to the topic: lamb

2 January 2024

Part 2 - Communicate red meat quality, taste and reputational credentials

Signalling British or local sourcing and accreditations on menus cue quality

2 January 2024

Part 1 - Get the menu and dish choices right for your diner

A strong menu is vital to get people into a pub/restaurant, with 75% of consumers looking at the menu in advance

2 January 2024

Part 3 – The positive impact on red meat and other opportunities

Descriptions on menu improve red meat perceptions

22 February 2024

Opportunities to raise the reputation of red meat in the dining out market

Communication on menu provides an opportunity to ensure red meat maintains its appeal and the long-term reputation of the industry is protected.

5 February 2025

The production impacts of high nitrogen fertiliser prices for arable and grazing livestock in 2023

Scenario modelling of fertiliser prices and production impacts for arable and dairy, beef and lamb in 2023

11 October 2022

Ultrasound scanning guidance by Signet

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

Terminal Sire Breeding Evaluation manual

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.

12 September 2022

RamCompare six-year results

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.

25 March 2022

The National Maternal Breeding Evaluation

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.

20 March 2025

Watery mouth in lambs

Watery mouth is an infectious bacterial disease that can kill newborn lambs usually within the first 3 days of life. Lambs pick up infection from the environment and the bacteria multiply very rapidly in the gut. Affected lambs die within hours.

28 October 2024

Key performance indicators (KPIs) for lamb sector

Find out the latest KPIs for lamb.

3 July 2024

Grazing wall planner

This grazing forage wall planner helps with grassland management all-year round