307: AHDB Beef & Lamb: What should I look at when recording data for my flock?

In this AHDB Food & Farming podcast, Katie Thorley, AHDB senior knowledge transfer manager, talks to Kate Phillips, independent sheep consultant, on the importance of recording data for your flock. They discuss looking at data that includes recording body weight, body condition, scanning percentage, lambing losses and winter forage, that will ultimately help to improve your system. For further information: ·         Sheep records for Better Returns ·         Recording your sheep ·         Challenge Sheep Project ·         Feeding the ewe ·         Reducing lamb losses for Better Returns ·         Managing ewes for Better Returns ·         Sampling big bale silage with Dave Davies ·         Using EID to drive farm performance 

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