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Estate flock halves feed cost and lifts scan rate to 186%

Estate flock halves feed cost and lifts scan rate to 186%
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A major system overhaul on a lowland estate has lifted scanning rates and cut bought-in feed costs by £6.28 a ewe over the past five years.
The team at Overbury Estate, near Tewksbury, Gloucestershire, is aiming to rear 1.75 lambs a ewe this year from its 1,100-head cross-bred flock after scanning at 186%.
This is a major improvement from the 2018 performance, when the flock scanned at 140%. Impressively, feed costs have fallen by 58% since 2016 to £4.40 a ewe.
We asked the Overbury Estate team how they achieved this.
890 ewes and 200 ewe lambs ....

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Keep dogs on leads to save ground-nesting birds, say farmers

Keep dogs on leads to save ground-nesting birds, say farmers
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Dog walkers are being asked to keep their pets on leads at all times in the countryside to help protect young animals and ground-nesting birds.
Farmers and land managers are working hard to try to reverse a decline in ground-nesting bird species through practical measures in agri-environment schemes, such as fallow plots, grass margins and supplementary winter feeding.
Spring and early summer are critical times for breeding birds, and theirs nests need to be undisturbed so they can lay plenty of eggs and raise as many chicks as possible. ....

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