Sheep
RamCompare, the UK’s national progeny testing initiative, is seeking new commercial farms to join this season in England and Wales.
Breeders are being encouraged to submit nominations to RamCompare, the national progeny test for sire breeds.
The RamCompare project is calling on all pedigree sire breeders to take part and nominate their rams to join the 2024 breeding season.
Agri-Business
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is to make new breeding values for...
Nominations are now open to join RamCompare, a partnership aimed at developing genetic improvements...
Welsh sheep farmers are being urged to nominate rams with top-performing traits for the next phase of the RamCompare
Pedigree breeders are being encouraged to submit ram nominations to RamCompare, the national progeny test for terminal...
Two Welsh farms have joined the third phase of RamCompare, a major agricultural research project designed to help sheep farmers improve flock performance.
N.Ireland
The latest results of the RamCompare project in Northern Ireland (NI) are set to be discussed at an upcoming sheep industry webinar.
The five-year results of sheep genetic improvement project RamCompare have revealed the top traits from performance-recorded rams to drive flock..
An Aberdeenshire Charollais tup has been named the most valuable breeding sire in the UK as the RamCompare project releases its fourth-year results this week.
The value of investing in a ram with the right genetic merit for your system has been highlighted in results from the third year of the RamCompare project.
The search is on for the country’s best rams as pedigree breeders are invited to put forward rams believed to have good lamb growth, carcase weight and conformation.
The latest results from the RamCompare project have seen a re-ranking of some rams based on their carcase weight EBV.
