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… Choosing the right rams for your farming operation is one of the most effective ways to improve flock performance and profitability.    … B+LNZ provides a range of tools and resources to help you make confident breeding decisions - whether you're selecting replacements, identifying the right … practical guidance for farmers looking to implement or improve their hogget breeding programmes.    B+LNZ’s genetic tools - such as nProve - help to match breeding objectives with available genetics.  These tools support farmers in …

… Ewe losses, especially during lambing, are a major source of economic cost for sheep farmers. Research from Massey and Lincoln Universities in 2021 revealed that ewe losses can range from 2.2% to 16% annually, with two-thirds of these … resulting in lamb losses.  This project aims to quantify the economic costs due to ewe losses using real-world farm data, helping farmers identify economically viable methods to reduce ewe losses in their flocks.  How will this be achieved? An established bio-economic model that can simulate the interaction between biological and economic factors on-farms will be used to accurately project changes in profitability due to variations in sheep flock …