Lambing losses remain the biggest factor in sheep business profitability

摘要

A recent series of Business Efficiency meetings, supported by NSA, echoed the importance lamb survivability can have in making sheep enterprises profitable.With an eye on reducing the losses, people who attended the meetings also raised questions about what needs to recorded, monitored and actioned in order to make improvements.Eblex and HCC figures on lamb losses make stark reading. Up to 30% are lost between scanning and lambing due to poor ewe nutrition and/or disease, and of lambs born alive 50% of subsequent deaths occur within the first 48 hours.