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Sheep FarmerJUNE/JULY 2018 A NATIONAL SHEEP ASSOCIATION PUBLICATION LAMB MARKETING – FROM LOCAL INITIATIVES NSA SCOT SHEEP REPORT AND NSA TO INTERNATIONAL WORK SHEEP 2018 PREVIEW TOP FENCING PRIZE FOR EXPLOITING LAMB GROWTH RATES NEW NSA MEMBER LATEST NSA POLICY WORK your business your future A4 ADVERT 28/5/18 14:07 Page 1 `` DELIVERING TOP QU RAMS THROUGHOUT THE UK Two years in and Brexit Sheep Farmer questions are still waiting June/July A 2018 edition LITY Vol. 37, No 3 ISSN 0141-2434 By Phil Stocker, NSA A National Sheep Association publication. There will return a time when I can write about things other than Brexit, Contents but it’s not just yet and things are still 2 News round-up closer to boiling point than they are to 4 NSA reports: devolved nations settling down. 6 NSA reports: English regions We are now two years post EU 8 NSA Breed Society Forum report referendum and still know very little and Balmoral Show presence about what we face as a country and 10 NSA Scot Sheep preview a farming community. This doesn’t 12 NSA Sheep 2018 preview mean people have been sitting back 14 NSA ram sale previews doing nothing. Far from it. I have never 15 NSA South Sheep preview seen this level of activity, discussion, 16 Winner of first NSA 2018 prize consultation, behind the scenes draw meetings and positioning. 18 Latest NSA policy activity It feels as though all the preparation 20 Legal advice on sheep worrying is being done, but the key decisions and by dogs any real agreements coming out of the 22 FARM FEATURE: Peter Order your rams UK/EU negotiations are still missing. Derryman, NSA South West Relate this directly to sheep farming and the right decisions and take the right Region Chairman by phone or email the two main roots of income – trade and actions. 24 SPECIAL FEATURE: International farm support – are both still completely NSA has invested heavily since the lamb promotional work up in the air. It is not just that these 26 SPECIAL FEATURE: Heritage Large selection of performance referendum result. We have prepared our income-generating fields are uncertain, case, made a lot of noise and have been sheep promotional work recorded grass fed rams but they are both highly influenced by our listened to. But we will have to continue 28 Practical advice on dealing with past and immediate relationship with the banging the drum for some time yet. Our resistant sheep scab mites Breeds for indoor and 30 outdoor lambing EU. I hardly need to spell this out again, role is essential, not just in promoting, Sheep versus trees in upland but with virtually all our exports going to positioning and supporting sheep areas Breeds for prime lamb production EU members states, and our previous farming generally, but also in helping 32 Disease surveillance latest and female replacements farm support policies being cushioned by bring the four nations together. 34 Rotation grazing as a farm the CAP, our exit, without knowing where management tool Hardy rams which last we are going next, is uncertain. Working together 36 Maximising daily liveweight gain longer, serving more ewes It is vital for the UK, recognising the in lambs Key decisions importance of devolution, to pull together 38 Boosting flocks with clear Commercial focus to increase breeding objectives profits and reduce labour This is why we have themed NSA Sheep for the benefit of industry and our 2018 ‘Thriving in an uncertain future’. citizens. Life for a few years is likely to 40 Latest findings on blowfly strike Hundreds of repeat customers I am optimistic the outcome of our exit be tough enough and in seeking friends 42 Seeing the world via the shearing throughout UK from Orkney can be positive, but this won’t happen across the world we should set out to be circuit to Devon & Ireland by itself. It will only happen if lots of friends amongst ourselves first. 43 NEXT GENERATION: Update from people (the Government, civil servants, The NSA view has long been that this year’s NSA Ambassadors our devolved nations, organisations like we want to see as level a regulatory and a look at NSA Sheep 2018 NSA, allied trades, and farmers) make platform as possible, plus true collaboration in policy development This NSA magazine is published with design and 01467 681579 where all our nations feel part of Fantastic event production services provided by Ladies in Print. the process. It would be a tragedy if With a highly successful and enjoyable we ended up with trade distortion or NSA Scot Sheep now under our belts disruption within our internal market and, (report on page 10), a lot of credit as a UK-wide association, NSA will do all and gratitude should be awarded to it can to avoid this. Email: [email protected] the hard working organising team and Our members, and your membership, Tel: 01684 899255 hosts Robert and Caroline Dalrymple, has never been more important to give along with their long-time farm manager ® us the resources and the voice we need Paper is FSC certified. It is Andrew Maclean. The programme of sourced from responsibly to keep up the momentum on your events provided something of interest managed forests. behalf, and I appeal to readers to help for everyone, as did the many trade No part of this magazine may us grow this great association by staying and breed society stands, and the be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or shared with us and encouraging others you know in any form (be in electronic, mechanical, photocopying, chance to get away from the farm to recording or otherwise) without prior consent of NSA. to join. We have shown we can drive the meet with friends and contacts now the Every care is taken when compiling this magazine and agenda and influence the future but we NSA and Ladies in Print take no responsibility for errors weather has improved from its shocking could do even more with more people and omissions arising from publication. Views expressed state earlier in the spring (which is as and information contained in Sheep Farmer are not behind us – there is a lot of truth in the necessarily those of NSA or Ladies in Print and neither Sires of prime lambs Sires of breeding females valuable as anything else). Next stop, saying ‘the world is run by those who party cannot be held responsible for any reason arising NSA Sheep 2018! from them. Neither NSA or Ladies in Print endorse any Email: [email protected] www.logiedurnosheep.co.uk Follow us on facebook. bother to turn up’. services or products advertised. JUNE/JULY 2018 1 DELIVERY IS FREE TO AN AREA NEAR YOU a few simple rules. Have sheep dry Silver Salver award ‘unwavering dedication’ to the sheep National Sheep Association for shearing and with empty bellies, News and provide a covered area/shed. Be NSA Scottish Region used the prestige sector through various roles in NSA, prepared with staff to keep up the race of the NSA Scot Sheep event in late-May breed societies and other industry NSA Head Office NSA Regions and roll the fleeces. Maggots may be to present Maimie Paterson with its organisations. She is pictured receiving bad this year so have applications ready Silver Salver for outstanding contribution the salver from NSA Scottish Region NSA, The Sheep Centre, Malvern, Central to the sheep sector in Scotland. Chairman John Fyall. Alastair Sneddon Anne Payne Update and somewhere to hold struck sheep, Worcestershire, WR13 6PH. Call 01684 Maimie, who farms at Dunblane, Turn to page 10 for an NSA Scot Regional Chairman Regional Manager as treating the sheep on the boards can 892661 (Monday-Friday 9am-5.30pm) 01142 883241 01629 812777 pollute the wool and harm people. And if Perthshire, was given the award for her Sheep report and competition results. or go directly to one of the team below. alastair.sneddon@bagshaws. [email protected] com New comms team sheep have not been crotched, dag any Phil Stocker The NSA communications team now has soiled sheep in advance to prevent strike NSA Chief Executive Cymru Wales two Communications Officers. Eleanor and keep boards clean.” [email protected] Tim Ward Helen Davies Regional Chairman Regional Development Officer Phipps (pictured left) joins NSA as a Julie Jennings 01588 620237 01691 654712 new member of staff, and Katie James Genetic scoping work Association Secretary/PA to Chief Executive [email protected] 07976 803066 [email protected] (right) takes a promotion and becomes NSA is supporting a Defra-funded ‘UK [email protected] a permanent team member with an Sheep Genetic Improvement Scoping Joanne Briggs Eastern increase in hours. Study’ looking at the current situation Communications Manager, and Policy Officer Dan Phipps Jonathan Barber and future needs for UK sheep genetics. for England. Sheep Farmer Editor Regional Chairman Regional Manager 07836 590996 01953 607860 As well as incorporating the topic into [email protected] 07836 287281 07712 659262 the NSA Breed Society Forum (see [email protected] jonathan@ceressolutions. Katie James co.uk page 8), NSA joined project partner Communications Officer AHDB to facilitate a workshop (pictured) [email protected] Marches where farmers involved with different Antony Spencer Situation vacant Eleanor Phipps Regional Chairman Regional Secretary Communications Officer 07973 301954 01684 892661 (via NSA HQ) [email protected] [email protected] marches@nationalsheep. org.uk Gill Callow Membership Secretary Northern [email protected] Eddie Eastham Heather Stoney- Regional Chairman Grayshon Abi Swaffield 01228 576382 Regional Manager Membership Recruitment Officer 07770 732817 07966 699930 The two will work closely together [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] on ensuring consistent and timely NSA messages are circulated to members (via Nicola Smith Northern Ireland breeds and farming systems were Notice of NSA AGM Brian Jamieson Edward Adamson Sheep Farmer and the NSA Weekly Email Livestock Researcher invited to share their opinions on a Notice is hereby given that the 125th [email protected] Regional Chairman Regional Development Officer Update) and to the press, the wider shortlist of breeding goals.