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February 17, 2021 2:39 pm
The Teagasc Virtual Hill Sheep Conference will take place across two evenings this week. The first one takes place this evening, Wednesday, February 17, at 8:00pm.
The second conference is then taking place tomorrow evening at the same time – Thursday, February 18.
A number of topics will be discussed over the two evenings, which include looking at the performance of a hill farm involved in the Better Farm Sheep Programme, breeding, health and monitoring body condition in pregnant ewes.
What’s on the agenda tonight?
Coming up at tonight’s conference, viewers will hear from David McLaughlin from Donegal, who is a participant in the Better Farm Sheep Programme since 2008 and his Teagasc advisor John Cannon. An insight into how the farm has progressed since David joined the programme will be discussed.