As the Jim Wells County Fair prepared to get underway Tuesday night, dozens of parents and students, with a row of lambs by their side, lined up for the annual lamb weigh-in. Smithwick said his favorite part of caring for the lambs was catching them and feeding them, although sometimes doing either is not very easy. Last year, one of his lambs placed first in the heavyweight division, he said. Cardena is in just her first year in FFA, and raising a lamb was a new experience for her, she...

Forbes yardings dropped significantly, down 44pc on sheep and 50pc on lambs, which was most likely due to the recent cheaper prices. MLA says the large price falls suffered over recent weeks may have also contributed to producers holding onto stock. All centres experienced reduced numbers with the exception of Goulburn and Tamworth which witnessed increases of 44pc and 17pc, respectively. A good sign though, was that the majority of the lambs offered were trade and heavyweights. Many lines...

Breeding ewes need to stay in the hills over the winter to ensure lambs for next year, and they will not have enough to eat if this year's lambs are not removed quickly. The move follows restrictions imposed during the latest foot and mouth disease outbreak and a similar cull of up to 250,000 lambs now taking place in Scotland. Article continues The welfare problem has arisen because foot and mouth movement restrictions have left lambs trapped on the hillsides, and as winter approaches the...

Accelerated lambing uptake uncertain Oct 24, 2007 11:32 AM An accelerated lambing programme run by Massey University shows that year-round lambing can work, but falling lamb prices may mean farmers are in no rush to implement the scheme. Some ewes in the high-fertility flock were able to sustain 15 pregnancies over three years in the accelerated trial, producing 26% more lamb weight than the traditionally lambed ewes. The three-year project investigated a system of using five breeding...

The farms that were hit were only three-quarters of a mile apart, he said, but he would not name the farms. At first, because the sheep had been slaughtered indiscriminately and only partially eaten, biologists assumed that the predation was being carried out by a large dog. SHELBURNE -- A wolf that killed at least a dozen lambs and sheep in western Franklin County was slain by a farmer on Sunday, and the animal's rare presence locally is now being investigated by state authorities. The...

You are in: Home>News Welsh Assembly agrees to calls for lamb disposal scheme 25/10/2007 11:39:00 FWi The WelshAssembly has agreed to fund a light lamb disposal scheme for producers affected by foot and mouth restrictions after pressure from the principalitys farming unions. You are in: Home>News Welsh Assembly agrees to calls for lamb disposal scheme 25/10/2007 11:39:00 FWi The WelshAssembly has agreed to fund a light lamb disposal scheme for producers affected by foot and mouth...

Click here for news menu Loading. Comment Leaders of the Scottish livestock industry held a crisis meeting with Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, yesterday to try to put together a compensation package for Scottish farmers facing financial collapse in the wake of the foot-and-mouth crisis. Comment Leaders of the Scottish livestock industry held a crisis meeting with Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, yesterday...

While welcoming a Scottish Government rescue package, he said it still fell short of covering sheep farmers' loses this year. But grouse shooting estates and efforts to encourage future generations to go into farming are among the side effects of the troubles facing Scotland's sheep farmers, according to Allan Young. Many lambs reared on hill farms are sold at auction to other farmers to be "finished" and sold for meat, a large proportion of this is exported. Allan Young, a hill sheep...

Transportation of lambs both to and from the feedlot, as well as getting feed to the feedlot, will also provide additional work for truck drivers and transportation companies. REGION - A lamb feedlot could be the saving grace farmers across the region need following yet another horror season on the land. The partnership could not come at a more appropriate time, with farmers struggling to source and fund feed for stock and Australian Lamb Co being faced with increased export demands. With...