Sheep research to help farm profitability

December 11 2019 - 1:28pm
2019 Sir Eric Smart Scholarship recipient Michael Young, an Agricultural Science student at the University of WA.
2019 Sir Eric Smart Scholarship recipient Michael Young, an Agricultural Science student at the University of WA.

RESEARCH carried out by the University of WA has found that the most profitable sheep breeding lines for broadacre farming are Merino ewes mated with Merino or crossbred rams, with the biggest earners being market-weight Merino lambs and crossbred lambs.

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