Data collection dating back to 1974 was fed into the databank of LAMBPLAN which began in 1985 incorporating 8 major breeds, Poll Dorset, White Suffolk, Texel, Merino, Suffolk, Border Leicestor, Corriedale and Coopworth.

As LAMBPLAN grew Dr Arthur R Gilmore… Continue reading →

Introduction
In 2005 when Stirling Dohne Stud started, I found the productivity of the breed almost mind-blowing but so were their faults. I took an early interest in muscle but then realized that the wool had to be corrected to… Continue reading →

The Effects of Gravity
Grazing mammal figures can be extremely variable, but approximately for every ten-fold increase in adult weight, fecundity halves, conversion rate doubles, metabolism decreases and food fibre consumption percentage increases. A 60kg sheep is capable of 1.3… Continue reading →

As a child before the  advent of  thibenzole sheep drench I remember both parents dagging sheep until well after 10PM completely enclosed by an 8 feet high edifice, stretching perhaps 20 feet to the horizon.

Before this time… Continue reading →