WOOL is the weed of efficient lamb production, according to a Welsh producer who has spent three decades developing the Easy Care sheep breed. Iolo Owen managed to keep only 150 of the 2000 hybrid ...

TWO farms which have switched to Easy Care sheep are hosting an open day to showcase the merits of the breed. TWO farms which have switched to Easy Care sheep are hosting an open day to showcase the ...

AS INTEREST in its breed continues to rise, the Easy Care Sheep Society has created a new role for a press and publicity officer. Georgina Gater-Moore has been appointed to the position, and comes to ...

THE Easy Care Sheep Society is looking to change its breed name to avoid confusion with upstart rivals. The rise of lower input sheep systems has seen other breeds and composites claiming they are ...

Only four years into development, Graham considers Margra still in its infancy, but its journey began way back in 2007, after Graham returned from a trip to South America to sell genetics. “I came ...

A South Australian scientist and farmer has spent the past seven years and about $100,000 creating a new breed of shedding sheep. Farmers are always looking to increase lamb percentages and reduce ...

THE past year has been more rewarding for sheep producers than for some time, but keeping costs down is essential, according to Dr John Vipond, of the Scottish Agricultural College. Easy care systems ...

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IT’S ALL about easy care sheep and a big armful of soft, bright white wool for Waubra’s Tom Hucker. Mr Hucker, who farms with his wife Marilyn, is a regular at the Southern Victorian Merino Field Day, ...

A Western Australian great southern sheep breeder is on her way to producing a fast growing lamb with good meat and wool qualities as well as being low maintenance, worm resistant, with no fleece rot, ...

Two guest speakers will be in attendance: Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC) chief executive: Colin Smith and Teagasc sheep specialist: Eoin Dunne. Both will reflect on key ...

SIMPLY lambing natures way is the approach behind Dumfriesshire producers Marcus and Kate Maxwells move to easy care sheep production. Rigid selection criteria since 1994, concentrating primarily on ...