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Lamb
10 February 2026
This booklet provides an accurate, easy-to-use reference guide on all available anti-parasitic products in their various chemical groups and summarises the parasites they have been licensed to control.
21 March 2024
Improving animal performance and reducing physical losses are key to ensuring sheep farming is profitable. This manual takes into account various factors, including the sheep farming system, ewe body condition, nutrition, health planning and management with the aim of reducing lamb losses
13 July 2021
Lamb farmgate prices have again recorded some week-on-week rises. In the week ended 29 January, the GB liveweight OSL SQQ increased 4p.
28 January 2022
A new report published by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) suggested the increasing use of low-carbon farming practices, improving animal health, precision farming, planting more trees, restoring peatland, increasing the planted area of bioenergy crops and reducing food waste would help to achieve reductions in emissions.
13 July 2021
France and Germany have both received reduced amounts of New Zealand lamb in the year to November 2019
13 July 2021
The GB deadweight old season lamb (OSL) SQQ rose by 1% for the week ending 18 January, averaging 454.7p/kg.
13 July 2021
Red meats have been struggling at retail in the past few weeks
13 July 2021
UK sheep meat production was 26,700 tonnes in December, steady compared to the same month in 2018
13 July 2021
Sheep prices stay buoyant in the week ended 11 January, bringing the GB deadweight OSL SQQ to 450.3p/kg
22 January 2020
Reducing the impact of the wet weather on this year’s lamb crop
13 July 2021
During November, UK imports of fresh and frozen sheep meat recorded a modest decline compared to Nov 2018.
30 July 2021
The Farm Input Overview publication gives an insight into recent trends in the farm inputs and feed, together with an outlook for animal feed ingredients. Last updated July 2021.