Trial work on lambs gave unexpected results

TRIAL work on the Clyde monitor farm to compare the performance and worm burdens of lambs grazed on chicory with lambs on grass/clover pasture, has yielded unexpected results.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Dec 2013, 17:00 BST
Chicory Diet Boosts Lamb Performance on Clyde Monitor FarmChicory Diet Boosts Lamb Performance on Clyde Monitor Farm
Chicory Diet Boosts Lamb Performance on Clyde Monitor Farm

Monitor farmer Andrew Baillie, who has 300 breeding ewes on Carstairs Mains, had first sown chicory in 2012.

Lambs and pre-sale shearling tups grazed on this pasture thrived, encouraging him to undertake an on-farm chicory trial this year.

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