Somerset family making the most of sheep focus farm project

摘要

Having agreed to become a focus farm in 2011, NSA members Mike and Jo Mouland have worked with a number of delivery partners and funding streams to host on-farm meetings and make the most of the opportunity for their own business.With the help and support of Kat Bazeley, their vet from Synergy Farm Health, and various industry speakers, they have covered all sorts of topics at these meetings. Just one example is foot health, and for the past 12 months the Mouland family has been using the sheep industry's five-point plan to reduce lameness. Ewe lameness levels were at about 8% previously, but have reduced to 2% meaning much less time spent on dealing with lame sheep.