Episode 90 – Weaning Check Impacts Lamb Cheque
What’s driving smarter, more strategic weaning decisions?
In this episode, Andrew Dowling, Technical Expert – Animal Production at PGG Wrightson, breaks down how to avoid costly weaning checks, and the practical steps farmers can take to keep lambs tracking forward while protecting ewe condition for their next tupping.
Guest:
- Andrew Dowling, Technical Expert – Animal Production, PGG Wrightson
Host:
- Sarah Perriam-Lampp, Editor-in-Chief, CountryWide
Andrew Dowling, Technical Expert – Animal Production at PGG Wrightson highlights how to keep lambs on a rising plane of nutrition, protect ewe condition and adapt to tightening finishing capacity.
From staggering weaning to prioritising smaller lambs on top-quality feed and planning disciplined store lamb sales, he shows how thoughtful decisions at weaning can lift performance and support long-term farm profitability.
He explores the spectrum of approaches from traditional fixed weaning dates to more strategic, market-driven decisions and explains how understanding lamb growth patterns, feed quality, heat stress and shifting buying behaviours can significantly reduce the risk of a weaning check.
Read the article featuring Andrew here.
