Gwenda Roberts: Society Secretary
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Flock Features More and more farmers are realizing the benefits of the Lleyn in a variety of situations and all over the UK. Read what they have to say about breeding and crossing the Lleyn. |
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| Combining technology with a move to outdoor lambing for expansion Duncan Nelless Flock 884 Starting to lamb outdoors after years of doing it inside, significantly increasing the size of his flock and introducing an electronic identification system – JOANNE PUGH went to meet the sheep farmer who is adamant that, despite how it sounds, life is in fact getting much easier. Read More>> |
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Increased Efficiency Pays Dividends Farmstock Genetics Flock 983 The Lleyn may not be the biggest of the UK’s sheep breeds but what this increasingly popular commercial female lacks in size, she more than makes up for in production and ease of management. Not surprisingly, a growing number of flockmasters up and down the country are in the process of reducing their commercial breeding Mule ewe numbers to make way for this prolific, easy-care Welsh-bred female. Read More>> |
| John & James Dugdale Embracing change has been one of the positive outcomes of the agricultural industry’s recovery from the foot and mouth crisis and for a family who found themselves in the teeth of the outbreak, that change meant establishing a flock of Lleyn sheep.John Dugdale was determined to waste no time in re-stocking his 900-acre dairy, beef and sheep unit at Borrins Farm, Settle, North Yorkshire but while he planned no change to the Holstein dairy cows and beef stock, when it came to the sheep flock it was a very different story.The Lleyn had already made an impression through its reputation for easy management; with decisions to be made over-re-stocking it seemed the ideal opportunity to give the breed a try. Read More>> |
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Earl of Rosebery - Lleyn making big savings Lord Rosebery’s estate, close to the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, has traditionally run a lowland flock of 1000 North of England Mule ewes which were crossed with Texel and Suffolk rams in a conventional enterprise producing prime and store lambs.The decision to retain some Texel-sired ewe lambs to reduce replacement costs proved unsuccessful as the lambing percentage reduced and ewe margins fell in line with the lower level of output.When the Lleyn was suggested, and its proven achievements discussed, Mr Stewart admits: “It just all seemed too good to be true. We asked ourselves if the Lleyn really could solve all our problems and make it seem so simple. Read More>> |
Breeding Quality – The key to commercial success. When he was asked to host a local Lleyn Sheep Society flock open day Alun Wynne Davies readily accepted. He is still wondering how this has become a national event for the Society on Sunday, August 20 2006 Read More>> |
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Easy care Lleyns – for high performance, sustainability and profitability Cutting costs has its limits when it comes to maintaining a sustainable flock under the new payment regime, however one real solution can be found if producers turn the issue round and look towards improving output by fully exploiting genetic potential. Hefin Llwyd is already among them. Read More>> |
| BALLYLINNEY LLEYNS. Much has happened in the life of Derek Steen over the last decade.From the outset, Derek has been firmly focussed on the type of sheep he wants to breed - "I'm aiming to breed sheep with maternal qualities, sheep which will produce and rear plenty of good shaped lambs with minimal shepherding. When buying a breeding tup, I look for strong maternal characteristics in his bloodline history. Visually I consider skin, conformation and correctness. Read More>> |
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Lumbylaw Lleyns Robert Lee, who farms 1100acres with his wife Sally at Lumbylaw, Northumberland, has come to. Having experimented with various breeds and crosses, not to mention lambing dates over the past 15 years, it's this system that the couple believes will enable them to survive a future with ever diminishing levels of financial support. "May-lambing Lleyns are more profitable because they don't have the input costs," explained Robert. Read More>> |
| Building a profitable sheep enterprise with economies of scale and the prolific Lleyn One Northern Ireland sheep producer has set a five year goal to turn his sheep enterprise from the bottom 25% to the top 25% of DARD benchmarked flocks by increasing ewe numbers and introducing a low input easy care system, high SRS terminal sires and the prolific Lleyn as a damline to produce quality finished lamb. Read More>> |
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Lleyn makes waves in Orkney We talk to Steven Medcalf Farming on an exposed, treeless peninsula, the Metcalfs knew that if they were going to change breeds, a basic requirement was hardiness. Sheep that don't survive, don't' thrive! Read More>> |
| LLEYN INFLUENCE MAKING A BIG IMPACT ON CUMBRIAN HILL FARM The Lleyn is revolutionising sheep production on a Cumbria hill farm. But father and son team of John and Mark Handley believe they still have their ace card to play as they capitalise on even more Lleyn genetics as part of a crossing programme underway in their flocks of Rough Fell and Herdwick ewes.It's 10 years since the first Lleyn tups were used on the Handley's 600-acres at Catholes, near Sedbergh. Read More>> |
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Lleyns - the original added value enterprise Richard and Jennifer Twose have found that establishing a stud flock of high performance Lleyn ewes on their South Wales dairy unit is paying dividends as well as essential to efficient grassland management. Read More>> |
Lleyn ideal for synchronised lambing |
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The Davidsons of Poldean hosts of Scotsheep 2004 The Lleyn is the modern sheep that lends itself to the single farm payment because she is such an easy care breed," said Willie Davidson, who farms with his wife Jennifer and their son Alisdair.The demand for Lleyn sheep has soared over the past two or three years, and,with the new CAP reforms favouring low input systems, an increasing number of flockmasters will undoubtedly be looking to this Welsh female breed toboost farm incomes. Read More>> |
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Challenging organic sheep production with a closed Lleyn flock Going organic five years ago presented a number of challenges to Warwickshire sheep producers, Wallace and Josie McCurdie, however introducing the Lleyn as their flock damline is helping them to establish an easy care, relatively high performance, sustainable enterprise. What's more, switching to 800 pure Lleyns is enabling the couple to achieve the benefits of a closed flock and eventually to market added value purebred replacements. Read More>> |
| Moving Mountains in Mid Wales "We became interested in the Lleyn because it is a very milky ewe capable of producing and rearing early lambs that go on to grow well". . Then in 1989 we bought our first Lleyns from the Lleyn Sheep Society's Gaerwen sale on Anglesey. The Lleyn is not a hill ewe in the same way as the Welsh Mountain, but is still a hardy animal and we are now running some Lleyns on higher ground than our Welsh Mountains. Read More>> |
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When former Sheep Farmer of the Year Nick Tavernor saw some Lleyn sheep he liked them so much that he bought a flock. Now his pedigree Lleyn flock shares pride of place with his established Texel flock on his West Country sheep and arable farm. In fact the Lleyns have now replaced his former commercial ewe flock and are thriving on a sheep management regime that fits in well with his arable system. Sheep and arable complement each other on the farm, as do his two sheep breeds. Read More>> |
