Recent content by Tim W

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    Lambing losses.

    Maybe the question for the future should what level of losses our buyers (public) think is acceptable?
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    Hep p/bravoxin/covexin

    For the last 8(?) years we have vaccinated ewes pre lambing with Bravoxin on the basis that we don't lose anything to Pasteurella until the autumn. The lambs then get Heptovac as youngsters ... seems to cover everything here but different areas might have different risks
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    Prattley v Rappa v Lamdquip

    I'm not sure that's the whole story I think that the Prattley patent ran out, terms as a distributor couldn't be renegotiated etc Certainly when I approached Prattley to have an in line weigh system 15 years ago they said they would not adapt.( So I went with Scotpen who would adapt & gave great...
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    Australian Whites

    You're right, for decades sheep farmers around the globe (with the exception of organic farmers ?) have ignored growing anthelmintic resistance We just have to find ways of living with it ---including; Mixed grazing Clean grazing/fitting into arable rotations Improved genetics
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    Australian Whites

    Some have done /are doing the work in NZ---when you have triple anthelmintic resistance you have to look for other solutions ---i've been collecting individual FEC for decades now & we are reaping the benefits The great thing about genetics is that they are permanent and cumulative , unlike...
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    Australian Whites

    UK farmers are headed the same way Sadly the vast majority of UK ram breeders can't be bothered to do the work/don't have the foresight to select for resistant/tolerant breeding stock
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    Australian Whites

    I am not currently directly involved in any Feed Conversion trials but there are some taking place alongside CH4 measurements and other efficiency metrics in the Breed 4Change project --- I'm pretty sure the PAC chambers will be on display at the NSA Sheep Event if anyone wants to find out more...
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    tagging at lambing for tracking performance.

    Stranger things have happened......
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    tagging at lambing for tracking performance.

    Looks good ---do you know anyone who uses it? @Frank-the-Wool might get excited about it?
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    tagging at lambing for tracking performance.

    Yes...we got a wool score 8 years ago? The new Farmworks will have a trait scorer with a drop-down menu for various traits
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    Australian Whites

    All the commercial breeders I've spoken to that have used them(NZ & Aus) have very little good to say about them I'm disappointed by the lack of any comparative trials...the USB was eating quality but there is never any comparative data offered Good marketeers though @NZDan has 1st hand experience
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    tagging at lambing for tracking performance.

    You can link an EID tag number on Shearwell to a management tag /number very easily---
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    Wool, where are you sending yours this year?

    I think most farmers grow a poor quality wool, pay someone to harvest it & then throw it in a sack ...then whinge that they get underpaid? Inc vat? Don't know?
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    Wool, where are you sending yours this year?

    So 800 fleeces at £33=£26,400 which is worth the marketing i would think It was a really interesting day and it would benefit any woolly sheep farmer to take a look at what these guys do The stand out lesson i think was that UK farmers don't value their wool, they need to Learn to value and...
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