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Often referred to as biestings by our grandparents or parents, colostrum is nature’s gift to help newborn animals get the best start in life and fight off numerous diseases.
With ewes on average in lower body condition and higher feed costs potentially limiting volumes fed vets are warning of the potential of increased health issues including metabolic diseases.
Mortality in lambs is greatest in the first 72 hours of life. Good hygiene practices in the lambing shed will go a long way to help reduce this. Declan Marren reports.
In the first of two articles looking back at his four decades in tillage, Andy Doyle remembers some of the major changes in plant protection, in crop breeding and the loss of the sugar industry.