The resulting cull claimed the Cumbrian farmer’s 2,000 sheep, 110 cattle, eight pigs and one goat. “I never dreamed it would hit us,” he says. Instead of watching his lambs grow fat ...

They added that the sheep cull would continue overnight. Earlier, more than 7,000 animals had been culled, they said. They added that livestock department officials had to take police help to ...

Sheep farming is hard enough at the ... of which about one quarter will be deemed unsuitable and culled as fat lambs, he predicts. “We’ve been culling quite a high number over the past couple ...

With profit in the sheep sector largely driven by effective production, there is a rigorous approach to culling underperforming ... for sale every six weeks. All fat lambs produced by the business ...

Over the summer there is a lot of movement of sheep, either through culling ewes and rams in advance of next breeding season or drafting lambs for sale as they reach suitability for the market.

“Science has always shown that culling actually does not help reduce sheep deaths,” she tells Euronews. As habitats are lost - limiting the food resources on offer - Hindrikson claims lethal ...

Producers in Western Australia's south say a growing backlog of sheep could lead to a mass culling like in the 1990s if nothing is done, as the state government looks at assistance measures ...

Last month, a pneumonia outbreak within a small herd of bighorn sheep near Diamond Valley, Alta., led to a culling of the animals. According to the province, several of the dead sheep tested ...

Australia’s mutton glut sent prices tumbling, and some farmers are culling or giving away their sheep to save costs instead of rearing them on-farm. Mutton prices have slumped 70% over the past ...