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Sounds likely a costly high input system with feeding robots. Not a good why for someone without experience to start.

That requires lambing, but as an arable farm they are unlikely to have the skills or the time to lamb that many. My understanding is she wishes to have her own livestock rather then pay someone to take control away from her. My understanding is they already rent out to someone running sheap...

I assume any hay etc you cut remains on the farm and is returned as fym. It seems to be assumed that a large 1st cut of silage is required to all livestock systems. ryegrass seems to have been bread to maximise how much quick release N it will use for this 1st cut.

Interesting to know how the economics compared to having a shepherd help the sheep when needed but marking all ewes the shepherd touch to be culled.

See https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/intensive-cell-grazing-cattle.405468/ and get the calfs from one of the intergraded companies that pay per kg of grouth while they are at summer grass. The £25k will cover water and fiberglass electric fencing see...

Is there much risk of schmellanberg for next few years due to high immunity in ewes?

It depends how much clover and other legumes you have, if your PH is in the range they like and if P/K remains reasonable. Along with if you return enough FYM to the land compared to hay/sillage removed. Organic farmers make it work. Some of the farm payments will pay enough to have lower...

It can't be cheap topping as it needs finely shredding. I think many people may have mis costed this option unless they have enough of own livestock.

But many of the traditional wild flowers will do better with lower p/k.

Are are lot of legumes included in the mix? Whats the protein content?

If I recall correctly, hay making is allow as an alternative to gazing. And I believe March topping is only required if black grass needs controlling.

Why not cattle?

What the condition scoring data like from the year before for 5crop ewes that don't do well?

Going back to the orginal problem, how do you know the rams will give you ewes that have a longer productive life? It one of the hardest attributes to measure as you can't know how well the ram's daughters will do after their 4th crop until the ram is about 6 years old. Even with a full...

It depends on how much you trust your data about your younger ewes.

Can party help with this if replacements are never kept from 1st crop.

By having money forcefully taken from their wages and given to EU to pay for land based farm payments.

I not convinced that tagging at birth is costly for small flocks and the saved money/time due to geting same output from fewer ewes could justify it.

Unless cull all oversized ewes before topping.

But when we were part of the EU they got forced to pay for the farm land while for some reasons the land did not get nationalised.....