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Ewe And Wether Trials - Tools For Benchmarking Your Sheep Genetics, Lock Butler
Ewe And Wether Trials - Tools For Benchmarking Your Sheep Genetics, Lock Butler
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Research and sheep productivity trial results demonstrate a huge variability in genetic productivity between flocks. For example a range of up to 2 kg clean fleece weight, 5 microns, 55 percentage points in lambing percentage and 20 kg live weight, can lead to big differences in gross margin between flocks.
There is an opportunity for genetic improvement, depending on your current ram source or sires performance. For example, Western Australian (WA) Wether Trial results suggest half the WA flocks could improve clean fleece weight per head by half a kilogram or more. The trial results suggest that this could occur …
Maximising The Lamb Drop, Don Moir
Maximising The Lamb Drop, Don Moir
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Although reproductive rates vary greatly between individual properties, the average marking percentage in Western Australia still hovers around 75%. In the absence of disease it is possible to improve on this figure by undertaking some straight forward management practices at different stages of the reproductive cycle.