Commercial lowland sheep are too big, pushing up maintenance costs and hampering profitability. This is according to Tim Byrne of science and technology consulting firm Abacus Bio, which conducted a modelled study that evaluated breeding female mature weight on farm. See also: Trial finds ewe data is route to bigger lamb cheque Speaking to producers from […]
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