Flock rebuild reliant on breeding better ewes, lifting lamb marking

Elizabeth Anderson
Updated April 15 2021 - 5:58pm, first published 5:28pm
LAMB SURVIVAL: Sheep consultant Jason Trompf, at the Snowtown workshop, said improving the number of lambs weaned would have huge potential benefits.
LAMB SURVIVAL: Sheep consultant Jason Trompf, at the Snowtown workshop, said improving the number of lambs weaned would have huge potential benefits.

AN ESTIMATED $1 billion in profit is being lost in the sheep industry because marking rates have not reached scanning rates.

Elizabeth Anderson

Editor of Stock Journal.

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