Enter your code hereThe access code entered is not valid. if (welcomePopUp) { In mid-May, Mr Brown made his first lightweight export sales draw of the season. virtualPageViewData.eventData.user.wallType = 'paywall'; }). shopfront_url: 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/', Hugh had quintuplets on the farm a few years ago and before Christmas he sold a ewe that went on to have quintuplets in Cork. } eventLabel = 'sunday'; subtree: true, }; onboarding_article = 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/' eventTimeout: 2000, const priceToEcommerceProduct = function (price, index) { const leafletScript = document.createElement('script'); if (urlParams.has('gaa_at') && urlParams.has('gaa_n') && urlParams.has('gaa_ts') && urlParams.has('gaa_sig')) { if (Object.keys(event.detail.object.badge || {}).indexOf('home-delivery') > -1) { vars.user.userID = subscriberCookie.userID || ''; 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. FB.XFBML.parse(socialEmbed); } We shear all the ewes a month before tupping time. } else if (Object.keys(p.badge || {}).indexOf('epaper-access') > -1) { But I find farmers who use a Beltex ram once will return.". } const plans = node.querySelectorAll('.c-box1'); } return 1; Today, he keeps 60 pedigree ewes - a mixture of Charollais, Beltex and Rouge - as well as 230 commercial ewes. eventAction: priceholder.dataset.sku_code + '|' + priceholder.dataset.price_to_display_billed + '|' + contract, setBundleToFullWidth(node); if (addToCartFiredAfterRegistration === false) { if (tabs) { if (document.cookie.indexOf('guid') > -1) { socialEmbed.innerHTML = ''; badgeToUse = badge; if (eventType === 'summary_displayed') { } eventCallback: function () { } if (event.detail.object.hasOwnProperty('upgrade_prices')) { 'home-delivery': 'fp_refresh_price_only', var adElemSticky = document.getElementById('vi-sticky-ad');
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That was our first year entering that. grades and improve the quality of the lamb carcass by providing premium_content_redirect_url: 'https://subscribe.independent.ie/welcome/premium/', if (userHasValidSubscriberCookie()) { } adElem.style.top = '10px'; Beltex breed was developed mainly as a terminal sire for crossbreeding with British and half-bred continental sheep. jQuery(collection + ' .caption').remove(); userWall = 'paywall'; eventCategory: 'g_showcase', if (!params[key]) { userID: '', But there's more: discover your full benefits now. const tweetId = parseTweetIdFromUrl(tweetUrl); const tweetUrl = socialEmbed.dataset.social_url; const plans = node.querySelectorAll('.c-box1'); badges.forEach(badge => { } 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. Conformation is the breed's primary strength when it comes to delivering lamb. They went for a lot more than that at Builth and Welshpool. if (mutation.addedNodes.length) { virtualPageViewData.eventData.user.subscriptionStatus = 'gs_true'; } else { \u0026amp;quot;That\u0026#039;s affecting farming right across the country, the money that young people can made in other jobs. if (subscribeButton) { eventAction: 'auth', var badge = badges[x]; window.gigya.accounts.getAccountInfo({ const products = selectedPrice.placeholder_prices.length > 0 bundles = bundles.sort(function (priceA, priceB) { const getListName = function () { const getQueryStringValue = function (key) { return 'hd_flow'; } window.dataLayer.push({ adElem.style.display = 'block'; I had been warned not to feed them during pregnancy, so they have had nothing but grass since the autumn, and bugger all grass at that (was grazed level in the autumn). let userWall = 'none'; Main characteristics of these animals are double-muscled hindquarters, coupled with fine bones which ensures maximum killing-out percentage of the finished lamb. }, const flipPayScriptThresholdExpired = function () { selectedPrice = getBundleById(priceIdFromUrl); const ecommerceTransactionEvent = { const priceToDisplayBilledFrequency = el.querySelector('.fp-price-to-display-billed-frequency'); - The Accidental Smallholder. if (! if (bundle_info) { get rid as soon as possible. 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Well , a neighbours dutch texel ram got in with our pure charollais ewe lambs a few years back out on keep , result one texel x charollais ewe lamb , , nice shape , so left her with the flock thought it would be interesting seeing how she compares with our pures maternal wise , jump on till this year and now a shearling , today she started lambing , lamb coming right so left her alone to get on with it , about an hour later , thought better give a hand , not a huge lamb stuck tight in pelvis , eventually got it out , "dead" with big head and very swollen tongue , very disappointing experiment and now i have been reminded why we kept pure easy lambing charollais all those years ago . }; Increased Demand for Beltex Rams continues at Carlisle. }; return; if (welcomeBanner) { if (eventType === 'price_selected') { }); This did not alter lambing percentage but it improved carcase quality, although the progeny were slightly slower growing than the Suffolk crosses. performance which is ideal for his farming policy. el.querySelector('a[data-price_id]').href = el.querySelector('a[data-price_id]').href + '#monthly'; ecommerce: { flipPayConfig = Object.assign(flipPayConfig, { const badges = getBadgesForEl(el); document.cookie = 'showWelcomeBanner=true;path=/;domain=' + domain + ';max-age='+cookieExpiryInSeconds; userID: purchase.granted_by_app_purchase.user_id, showOrderSummary(node, previouslySelectedPriceId); if ((isShopFront || isUpgrades || isCoupons) && !disableRedirect) { How and why has a breed of sheep been let get to the stage were it can't lamb. if (selectedPrice.delivery_days.length === 1 && selectedPrice.delivery_days.indexOf(6) > -1) { }); }); let member_redirect = getQueryStringValue('source') === 'mc' ? let bodyAvailable = false; You can put a lot of effort into getting everything lambed and going well and then run straight into problems and losses if the weather turns bad.. 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