THE days are getting a bit longer now, even if the temperature is still low, and although the weather has been changeable the stock generally have wintered well.
The new camera enables swift response to calving or lambing problems.
The ewes have just been ultrasound pregnancy scanned and the results are encouraging. The ewes from our research flock (400 Scottish Blackfaces and 200 Lleyns) were roughly 10 per cent up on last year and had less barren than in previous years.