Taking 2023 born Sussex cattle as a typical example. The table below shows the average Beef Value for the 717 Signet Recorded cattle born in 2023 was 41, however in addition to these records we now include another 1,340 Sussex cattle records for cattle that were born in that year and on average, they have a Beef Value of 33; with several falling into the Top 25% of the breed on the basis of their parentage alone. These are the new and less well-known Sussex breeding lines that it would be interesting to performance record in the future.
Laura has joined the Signet team as a breeding specialist, she comes from an agricultural background having grown up on a sheep farm in Cornwall, where they keep commercial ewes and run a small flock of pedigree Charollais sheep.
Laura has a strong interest in animal breeding and genetics having studied Animal Science (BSc Hons) at Harper Adams University. During her time at Harper, she spent an industrial placement in Cumbria working for a sheep breeding company and some of our clients may recognise her from this role. Since graduating she has worked for a large cattle breeding company before joining us at Signet to lead on a number of Signet’s sheep breeding projects.