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The ewe is under her greatest nutritional and metabolic stress in late pregnancy and in early lactation.

Roger Tweeds runs 2300 Romney ewes and 200 hoggets on his 300ha farm near Lawrence, Central Otago.

Whether you have a ewe with a bearing, a ewe you want to take a lamb to, or a ram you want to use as a teaser – it can be harnessed, says Rurtec.

ANDREW AND Gretchen Freeman aim to get every ewe to rear two lambs, every year, regardless of whether they drop one, two or three. It’s their Ewe 2 strategy, and it’s working.

CONDITION SCORING tops a list of key actions to get the best from your flock, says a leading sheep consultant and vet.

Entries are now open for the New Zealand Ewe Hogget Competition which is held in conjunction with the West Otago Southland Ewe Hogget Competition.

The Canterbury A&P Association's Stud Ram & Ewe Fair, held Wednesday and Thursday, January 9-10, produced a quality line up of 235 rams and 18 ewes.

Preston and Tori Hope from Hindon, the Perendale Breed section winners, have been named 2012 Winners of the NZ Ewe Hogget Competition.