The process of precision sheep farming with Joshua Barton
About this episode
Joshua Barton discusses the benefits of precision sheep management and shares insights from his work at Hillcroft Farms.
This week on the podcast we have Joshua Barton chatting to Mark about the benefits of precision sheep management and the results it can get you. Josh is currently stockman at Hillcroft Farms and recently shared some great scanning results with us as the outcome of well-planned precision lambing. Josh shares these results as well as discussing how Hillcroft’s ultra-white breeding program has evolved. Josh and Mark also cover the HF Plus gene and what it is doing for fertility and why be...
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