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Principles of feeding: From mating to lambing (sheep)

This module will help you:

know a ewe's feed requirements from mating to lambing
plan your feed for the period from mating to lambing
know how to work with your available feed to get ewes up to target body condition for lambing.

You can work through the sections in this module over multiple visits.

The whole module will take around 40 minutes.

Principles of feeding: From mating to lambing (sheep)

All you need to know about ewe feeding requirements from mating to lambing

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