//if the item doesn't exist, return null flipPayConfig = Object.assign(flipPayConfig, { listenForGigyaEvents(); }; You get singles ready for sale quicker. Here are some of the most common lambing problems - as well as how you can prevent and address them if they do happen to arise. localStorage.removeItem('product_click_source'); } I find farmers who use a Beltex ram once will return\u0026#039;","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Farming Independent","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://m.independent.ie/theme/_base/"},"@id":"independent.ie"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/3bd96/38943274.ece/AUTOCROP/w1240h700/2020-02-11_bus_56894919_I2.JPG","height":"700","width":"1240"},"mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://www.independent.ie/"},"dateCreated":"2020-02-10T17:09:01.000Z","dateModified":"2020-02-14T06:53:17.000Z","datePublished":"2020-02-14T06:00:00Z","keywords":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/3bd96/38943274.ece/AUTOCROP/w1240h700/2020-02-11_bus_56894919_I2.JPG","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"My Week Margaret Donnelly talks to Hugh O'Connell"},"description":"Hugh O\u0026#039;Connell left school at a young age to go farming at home with his father and uncle near Ballivor, Co Meath. ecommerce: { Would you consider an alternative small terminal sire? const getQueryStringValue = function (key) { And the mature Beltex ewes on average weight around 70 kg. granted_by_purchase: purchase } filter_prices_by_badge: badgeToFilterBy, var nowTimeStamp = Date.now(); eventData: { We spend in total about 2,000 on fodder beet, he says. eventLabel = 'saturday'; priceholder.addEventListener('click', function () { }; if (vars.article.wallType === 'premium') { el.prepend(p_tag); dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('reinitialize')); } else if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('epaper-access') > -1) { Most of his commercial flock are Rouge cross, producing good milk and very prolific; in December he sold a number of pedigree Rouge hogget ewes in lamb to a Beltex ram. eventCategory: 'g_showcase', A pull or need for attention would be a rarity and (in our case) that lamb would be sold as a butchers lamb and probably the ewe culled too. if (priceIdFromUrl) { template_summary_other_paymet_options_android_pay: "
", There is no reason to keep them to heavier weights when you can get this price at this age," he says. const badgeMap = {}; Re: Does anyone use Texel an manage to get easy outdoor lambing with them? } return 0; \u0026amp;quot;But there\u0026#039;s always money in sheep in my eyes, you\u0026#039;d always have a few quid. return { Holme House, Dale. (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': var text = document.createTextNode(labelText); color: 'transparent', purchase: { var contract = 'contract_bundle'; return; "It's three weeks or a month before they are left out full-time. Ewes are fed once a day pre-lambing and twice a day after lambing. } else { } else if (window.location.href.indexOf("#monthly") > -1) { They have a remarkable growth rate despite being born little.. }); Not only do they meet the weight specifications, but they also have the form and gigots that are commonly lacking in young lambs intended for the lightweight market.. eventAction: 'hd-address', "I do think there is a future for sheep farming in Ireland. (returnURL || member_redirect)) { Beltex sheep entered the UK from Belgium in 1989, bringing a completely new dimension to the British lamb industry with their double-muscle attributes. } template_coupon_code_price: "
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", listenForGigyaEvents(); }); The pedigree ewes with the twins would be getting up to 3lb of nuts per day per head.\u0026amp;quot; His daughter Stephanie and granddaughter Chloe, who is 12, help out on the farm when they can. eventData: { }; Wide enough to pass the lambs! window.location.href = flipPayConfig.successful_upgrade_redirect_url; actionField: { }; if (tweetUrl) { } var collection = '#vbmztjik-oqzyzau9-bciaxrrz'; product.quantity = 1; Houses a month before lambing. // Since the user is not a subscriber, the wall is now visible. } }); Your email address will not be published. "Last year our top price for the Beltex lambs was 120, or 3 per kg, however, this year, we sold our first batch of lambs straight off their mothers at 12-weeks-old through United Auctions and they averaged . article_id: '38943275', The price of store cattle at the money at the moment makes no sense, compared to what beef is making,\u0026amp;quot; he says. event: 'ee-addToCart', meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, window.location.hash = '#' + badgeToFilterBy; return 1; "But there's always money in sheep in my eyes, you'd always have a few quid. Any smaller and well-shaped lambs are kept on the farm through until January and are finished with the addition of Harbro pellets. if (typeof bundleExpires[priceId] != "undefined") { }); if (!hash) { const observer = new MutationObserver(onMutation); But I find farmers who use a Beltex ram once will return.". We can also keep hoggs fitter through the winter by tupping them with a Beltex lamb than we do with any other breed. The Beltex sheep breed is primarily used as a terminal sire in Europe. actionField: { In mid-May, Mr Brown made his first lightweight export sales draw of the season. According to Martin Brown, BELTEX sired lambs, which are only nine weeks old but weigh about 32kg and have large gigots, are the ideal carcass sheep for the early summer lightweight trade. if (priceA.badges['home-delivery'] && priceB.badges['premium']) { successful_upgrade_redirect_url = 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/home-delivery/'; Our aim when we came into farming was to run a flock of breeding ewes on a low-cost, low-labour system that would enable me to continue with my other sheep business. : getPricesByBadge(); let bodyAvailable = false; return { } const bundleValue = getBundleValue(purchase, 'corporate_account'); }; position: index, } localStorage.removeItem('price.selected'); On average, the price of a Beltex ram will start from {MALES}, whilst a ewe will cost from {FEMALES} and prices start from {YOUNG} for a lamb. listenForFlipPayEvents(); let upgradesAvailable = false; } He would normally have these later commercial lambs sold by July const virtualPageViewData = { const selectedPriceRadioInput = node.querySelector('.subtitle2 input[type="radio"]'); If the grass is late in coming we supplement with fodder beet, but once ewes have lambed and are on fresh ground no fodder beet is fed. onboarding_article = 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/home-delivery/'; }; My granddaughter, who got her confirmation last week, shows her own sheep. grazing in Co Down. At nine weeks old, we sold our first Beltex-sired lambs at Kirkby Stephen last year. They weighed 32 kilograms and carried in 45. if (selectedPriceRadioInput) { jQuery(document).ready(function() { } else { She has show sheep and won the young handler class in Trim last September. \u0026amp;quot;That\u0026#039;s affecting farming right across the country, the money that young people can made in other jobs. if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'peekapoos_info-box-4','ezslot_7',110,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-peekapoos_info-box-4-0');if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'peekapoos_info-box-4','ezslot_8',110,'0','1'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-peekapoos_info-box-4-0_1'); .box-4-multi-110{border:none !important;display:block !important;float:none !important;line-height:0px;margin-bottom:15px !important;margin-left:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important;margin-top:15px !important;max-width:100% !important;min-height:250px;min-width:250px;padding:0;text-align:center !important;}Beltex sheep are mainly used in Europe as terminal sires. Most farmers around here use texel tups on nc mules or texel ewes and lamb outdoors.. We are lambing 75 texel texelxs mules and a few lleyns all to texel or suff tex tups. if (userHasLoggedIn === true) { let addressCovered = false; A proportion of the Beltex-sired lambs from the main March-lambing flock will start to be sold at the lightweight export sales from mid-June weighing up to 35kg. return { script.src = flipPayJsUrl; And over time, the breed was transformed into its modern-day state. const getUrlHash = function () { }). successful_upgrade_redirect_url = 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/premium-plus/'; return price; checkout: { But it is also used as terminal sire in Europe. The ewes just get on with the job and I probably only have five assisted lambings, says Mr Preece, whose New Zealand Romney flock is run on 142ha on the Radnorshire-Shropshire border. const priceIdFromUrl = getQueryStringValue('priceId') el.querySelector('a[data-price_id]').href = el.querySelector('a[data-price_id]').href + '#monthly'; "We do not have any lambing problems. !selectedPrice.badges && selectedPrice.badges !== Object(selectedPrice.badges)) { The breed itself has a future and purpose so why commit business suicide. Co Down fisherman Edward Nicholson and his wife Shirley chose Some of the cross-bred lambs are sold off their mothers in mid-July and the rest are weaned at the end of the month. At the time, they had drystock, with a little bit of dairying, but that wasn't for Hugh, 59, and he developed a sheep flock. Its fleece is moderate in length and rough, but it is highly valued as a meat animal. \u0026amp;quot;She has her own sheep on the farm, a couple of pedigree Beltex. if (eventType === 'new_card' && isUpgrades) { onboarding_article = 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/premium-plus/'; window.IMP = window.IMP || {}; const setSubscribeButtonColour = function (el) { if (! const showPremiumBadge = function (el) { The Charollais lambed from January 3 and are finished now. setSubscribeButtonColour(plan); We will lamb ALL OUTDOORS unless there is a problem. You can enjoy all premium content without redeeming this code.