Sheep breeding resources

Advice and for sheep producers on breeding managment, including tupping, fertility and breeding systems.


Tups and tupping


Top vet tips on tupping and advice from North Yorkshire hill farmers


Step by step guide to understanding and using EBV’s and case study


‘Ram MOT’ – video on pre-tupping checks


The benefits of CT scanning terminal sires


Ewes


Breeding from ewe lambs


Focus on breeding smaller ewes in New Zealand – could it work in the UK?


Breeding plans


Case study – how a Welsh farmer reviewed his breeding policy to simplify sheep management


Case study – How a farm in Shropshire expanded and simplified with an ‘easy care’ sheep enterprise


Synchronising oestrous and advanced breeding


How to improve fertility with a strict culling regime