As part of the developments associated with our new webpage "Sheep for Sale", Signet clients can now generate their own sale catalogues.
Sheep
New CT Dates Announced
Computed Tomography (CT) scanning is a great tool for identifying superior genetics within terminal sire flocks.
CT provides a welfare friendly way of assessing the total muscle, fat and bone yield in a live sheep. This near perfect predictor of carcase composition can also be used to measure the muscling in different parts of the carcase, such as the rib, loin and gigot. Read more here
Genetics of lamb survival - Webinar 27th March 2020
Dr Forbes Brien is an Associate Professor with the University of Adelaide and an expert on the genetic influences on lamb survival, as well as research for the Australian wool industry on breech strike. He has also spent several years studying the impact of selection for growth and carcase traits upon the fatness of ewes and the resulting impact on their reproductive performance.
A Webinar will take place at 10am on Friday, 27th March to cover these topics.
Click here to book onto the Webinar
RamCompare project delivers new Breeding Values for carcase traits
For the first time in the UK, ram breeders will have access to breeding values that focus on traits rewarded further down the supply chain, including primal weights of the loin and haunch and meat tenderness.
RamCompare Year 3 Results
AHDB news release New Estimated Breeding Values to help improve results The value of investing in a ram with the right genetic merit for your syste ...
Centurion Group Sale Report – April 2019
Monday 8th April saw the first ram sale of 2019 at Sedgemoor Auction Centre on behalf of The Centurion Group of Dorset Breeders. The sale offered 3 ...
Signet’s new genetic analysis: The National Terminal Sire Evaluation
In 2019, Signet will relaunch the genetic evaluation service provided for terminal sire breeds. Signet has spent the end of 2018 introducing the new a ...
RamCompare project delivers new Breeding Values for carcase traits
For the first time in the UK, ram breeders will have breeding values that focus on traits rewarded further down the supply chain, including the primal ...
BRIDFA legacy to boost sheep breeders
Welsh pedigree Suffolk sheep breeders can now apply for a share of funding to boost the genetics of their flocks, thanks to the foresight of a group o ...
Ewe Mature Weight and Body Condition Score
Only a few maternal breeding programmes are selecting to optimise ewe efficiency by taking into account input costs over the ewe’s lifetime. Measureme ...