Keeping Records Simple & Meaningful

摘要

For a lot of NSA members lambing will now be over for another year. For many the sigh of relief will be larger than usual, as it has been a challenging time to say the least, with potentially poor forage from last year's rain sodden summer and the bitterly cold weather that arrived at the end of March. Compared to the latter, the effects of Schmallenberg virus seem relatively benign, although some farms have undoubtedly been hit very hard. One of the unanswered questions about the virus is the likely duration of immunity and if affected ewes be immune next year? Late spring and early good point in the shee forward - and to start by looking back That may seem a contradiction but the information contained in your records, be they high-tech and computerised or the little notebook in the top pocket of the jacket, is very useful in planning the coming year. It is worth remembering that tupping is only between four and six months away.