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These articles are a collection of the neXtgen Agri team's research, developments, work and experiences and case studies with clients, along with reports and findings published by the industry. They have been gathered for you to keep you updated, so if there is a topic you would like to hear more about, please let us know at info@nextgenagri.com.

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Difference between efficient animals & efficient systems

In intensive animal production systems, like pig or chicken production, or even a beef feedlot, the aim is to produce animals that grow fast while eating less, often referred to as feed efficiency. This, of course, makes perfect sense. The biggest...

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February 10, 2021

The genetics of more lambs

Almost without exception, if I ask a sheep producer what they would like to improve in their sheep they tell me they would like to wean more lambs. Sometimes they are keen to improve the scanning percentage but mostly they are keen to improve lamb...

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December 22, 2020

Magnificent Maidens

Getting a good lambing result out of maiden ewes remains as a challenge for many producers. The traditional maiden ewe is one that goes to the ram for the first time at 19 months of age. However, in a maternal composite, first cross ewe...

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November 26, 2020

Know more about footrot

The trait ‘susceptibility to footrot’ is quoted as FR. FR describes a sheep’s susceptibility to footrot using it’s genetic difference in footrot score. This score measures how well a sheep retains foot health under a challenge with virulent footrot.

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July 31, 2020

Interview with Dawson Bradford

Dawson Bradford is one of Australia's most successful performance breeders and the Hillcroft Farms name can be found in many high performance Poll Dorset and White Suffolk pedigrees. He is now focussed on breeding shedding sheep and is again topping

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