Lamb

29 June 2021

From faecal egg count to monitoring anthelmintic effectiveness, our advice will help you to use anthelmintics responsibly on farm.

13 July 2021

The liveweight lamb market has dropped noticeably this week.

30 January 2024

GB average daily grass growth rates appeared to make a comeback through May and into June, according to data from AHDB’s Forage for Knowledge programme.

13 July 2021

The FAO has published its 2021 Food Outlook report this month.

22 June 2021

Ram breeding provides the genetics to increase the productivity of your customer’s flock. Performance recording means you can select and market the sheep with the most profitable genetics. Recording crossbred rams uses the same process as a pedigree flock, but you should consider hybrid vigour, ram and progeny uniformity and comparison of sheep.

30 June 2021

The UK has recently agreed a Free Trade Agreement with Australia, which will increase market access to the UK for Australian sheep meat.

13 July 2021

Finished GB lamb prices eased again in the latest week. In the week ending 16 June, the liveweight GB NSL SQQ dropped below the 300p/kg mark for the first time since March

13 July 2021

Total UK sheepmeat exports amounted to 5,250 tonnes during April, with exports to the EU accounting for 87% of this. Total exports were down by 18% (1,100 tonnes) compared to year earlier levels, and down by 14% (860 tonnes) on the previous month.

13 July 2021

There are signs that the rise in import demand is beginning to slow.

12 July 2021

There are many benefits to purchasing the right ram to breed suitable females

13 July 2021

Both old and new season liveweight lamb prices eased in the week ending 9 June.

10 June 2021

During May UK sheep meat production declined 7% on the year to 19,100 tonnes, according to the latest Defra data. There was a decline in both lamb and adult sheep slaughter. Old season lamb supply is now coming to the end. In total over the past five months around 3.4 million old season lambs have come forwards.

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