SHARING OPTIONS: The flock scanned excellently in recent years and this has set a high bar for comparison. \ Philip Doyle The results of recent scanning on Tullamore Farm have failed to reach the high bar set in previous years. The low point of this year’s scanning was 17 empty ewes from 163 put to the ram or a barren rate of 10.4%. This compares with a barren rate of 2% to 3% in recent years. The most frustrating element is trying to establish what may have contributed to the higher barren rate, with all bases well covered by farm manager Shaun Diver. The obvious area where problems occur is in ram infertility or subfertility