A comprehensive handbook on sheep breeding, production systems and marketing. The book emphasises that a planned approach to sheep production is a necessary prerequisite for profitable production. The book draws heavily on the latest information from the Meat and Livestock Commission, whose purpose is improving the efficiency of production and quality of meat. A major part of the book concentrates on the factors which contribute to economic production - ewe output, lamb returns including carcase quality, grassland management, breeding for characters of economic importance, ewe and ram replacement policies, feeding, planned flock health and production systems
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A comprehensive handbook on sheep breeding, production systems and marketing. The book emphasises that a planned approach to sheep production is a necessary prerequisite for profitable production. The book draws heavily on the latest information from the Meat and Livestock Commission, whose purpose is improving the efficiency of production and quality of meat. A major part of the book concentrates on the factors which contribute to economic production - ewe output, lamb returns including carcase quality, grassland management, breeding
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Profitable sheep production will be achieved provided that the chosen system of production optimizes resource use and is operated as efficiently and economically as possible. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flock replacement cost, flocks selling, draft hill ewes, carcase characteristics, empty ewes, spring lambing flocks, grassland costs, variable premium scheme, summer stocking rate, upland flocks, ram circles, terminal sire breeds, feeders margin, ewe population, ewe premium, lowland flocks, lambing systems, forage costs, carcase weight, breed substitution, grass growing days, sheepmeat regime, lamb growth rate, purebred flocks, central flock Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scottish Blackface, Welsh Mountain, New Zealand, Bluefaced Leicester, Border Leicester, North Country Cheviot, Great Britain, United Kingdom, Middle East, Dorset Horn, Scottish Agricultural College, Average Top, Finnish Landrace, Cormo Argentino, Dorset Down, Oxford Down, Target Physical, Output Lamb, Welsh Halfbred, Hill Farming Research Organisation, International Wool Secretariat, North Wales, Scottish Halfbred New!
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Profitable sheep production will be achieved provided that the chosen system of production optimizes resource use and is operated as efficiently and economically as possible. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flock replacement cost, flocks selling, draft hill ewes, carcase characteristics, empty ewes, spring lambing flocks, grassland costs, variable premium scheme, summer stocking rate, upland flocks, ram circles, terminal sire breeds, feeders margin, ewe population, ewe premium, lowland flocks, lambing systems, forage costs, carcase weight, breed substitution, grass growing days, sheepmeat regime, lamb growth rate, purebred flocks, central flock Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Scottish Blackface, Welsh Mountain, New Zealand, Bluefaced Leicester, Border Leicester, North Country Cheviot, Great Britain, United Kingdom, Middle East, Dorset Horn, Scottish Agricultural College, Average Top, Finnish Landrace, Cormo Argentino, Dorset Down, Oxford Down, Target Physical, Output Lamb, Welsh Halfbred, Hill Farming Research Organisation, International Wool Secretariat, North Wales, Scottish Halfbred New!
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- New Techniques in Sheep Production by I.Fayez Marai in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Progress in Sheep and Goat Research by A. W. Speedy in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sheep Production by William Haresign in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Sheep Production by John Bryn Owen in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Look Inside Great Britain Hb by Joy Richardson in Back Matter
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- Financial Management for Farmers and Rural Managers by Martyn Warren on page 222
- Practical Sheep Keeping by Kim Cardell in Back Matter
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