Since the start of the new lamb season young store lambs have been commanding big money, linked of course to the record rates slaughter lambs have been making at $10-$12/kg carcass weight. Store lambs ...

The Australian cattle industry underwent such a transformation to become more dominated by backgrounding and feedlot purchasing, and the lamb sector is moving in the same direction. The topic came up ...

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Store lamb demand has risen as producers tap into forward contracts put out by processors amid the winter supply crunch.

Throughput at the factories year to date is down by more than 300,000 head, reflecting the decline in the breeding flock over recent years of poor returns Factory quotes for the lambs have been ...

In two experiments two cuts of silage from a perennial ryegrass/white clover sward were either untreated, treated with formic acid or wilted for 24 h prior to ensiling with a double-chop harvester.

Caledonian Marts sold 2455 store sheep at their sale where lambs peaked at £121 for Texels from R Sibbald, Thorn. Lambs – Tex – £119 Wester Tillyrie; £112 Thorn; £111 Knowehead; £111 Craighead. Suff – ...

The nights are drawing in and autumn is here – and what an easy autumn we are having. We were of course due one, after the past two abysmal years, but it doesn’t get much better than this. The ...