Losses from trace element deficiency states include extended periods to slaughter, lighter slaughter weights, and extra feed costs which could amount to 5 per lamb. Fig 2: Trace element deficiency states can cause extended periods to slaughter, lighter slaughter weights, and extra feed costs with losses amounting to 5 per lamb. The clinical signs associated with trace element deficiency in sheep are often insidious in onset and usually present as poorly-thriven lambs with considerable...

It s been a tough couple of years for sheep farmers because of poor lamb returns and low wool prices, he said. MWNZ Chairman Mike Petersen said the consultation process was an opportunity for levy payers to have their say, and he is anticipating a lot of interest, given the challenges facing sheep farmers, in particular. The recently announced lamb promotion in the United States is an example of where we have redirected levies to assist in repositioning lamb racks as a premium and...

Last week NFUS gave a cautious welcome to an announcement by the Scottish Executive at the Royal Highland Show that it was to seek clearance from the European Union to fund tagging of every lamb born next year with an electronic tag, in addition to a conventional one. Last week NFUS gave a cautious welcome to an announcement by the Scottish Executive at the Royal Highland Show that it was to seek clearance from the European Union to fund tagging of every lamb born next year with an...

After goats successfully cleared vines from the mouth of a Tennessee tunnel, officials held a four-day academy to teach farmers, hoping to stimulate a micro-industry of kudzu-fighting herds-for-hire. The goats and the project's tragicomic turns have created headlines, inspired a folk ballad and invoked more than their share of goat-themed chuckles. Swallows glide on the warm breeze rustling the hackberry trees, kudzu vines sprout along the hillside and the goats are back at work. Despite...

If we buy Ontario, everyone wins, because we are supporting our farmers, and processors, our rural economy, our environment and ourselves with healthy food from here at home. Throughout the next few months consumers will find the logo on posters, recipe booklets, and Ontario pork, veal and lamb products in a growing number of independent grocery retailers and butcher shops. Plus, with meat, there is the added bonus of year-round availability. Ontario Pork represents 3,100 hog farmers in...