How milk replacer improves margins for surplus lambs
How milk replacer improves margins for surplus lambs >More in © Volac Research trials have shown rearing surplus lambs on milk replacer could clear a margin of £40 a head in a strong market. Two simultaneous trials were carried out last spring to monitor lamb weight gains and assess the cost-effectiveness and efficacy of the practice. At Harper Adams University (HAU), 13 surplus Suffolk Mule ewe cross Texel lambs were fed Lamlac via a thermostatically controlled Volac Ewe2 milk bucket, and weighed weekly. On a commercial farm in Lan...
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