An overall figure of 1.30 lambs per ewe put to the ram is not what these brothers wanted – so what went wrong?
Low ewe BCS at mating and an infertile ram are among the likely causes – and the Sheils are trying to put things right
Out and about: Tim and Richard Sheil in a section of fodder rape being grazed by ewe lambs
James Doran
Tim and Richard Sheil’s farm on the Wexford-Carlow border suffered badly from the ‘green drought’ common in the south-east last year, with grass growth rates falling to extremely low levels in July and August.
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