HOST FARMS NEEDED TO GATHER LAMB DATA

RAMCOMPARE, the UK's national sheep progeny testing initiative, is seeking new commercial farms to join the project this season across Wales and England.

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RamCompare “host” farms are needed to provide around 300 commercial ewes of a uniform breed type which are mated to terminal sire rams provided by the project using single-sire, natural-service mating groups or artificial insemination (AI).

Jointly funded by Hybu Cig Cymru - Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) and the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), RamCompare gathers valuable performance data from commercial lambs to drive genetic improvements in the sheep industry.

Bridget Lloyd, RamCompare project coordinator, said: "This is a great opportunity for host farms to benefit from using top genetics within their flock.

"They have the chance to use rams with high health and genetic merit, they will get support to benchmark their flock performance against other project farms and the opportunity to engage with a small group of innovative likeminded farmers."