Angus Woods: Why we moved our lambing date from January to March

‘There is no longer a price premium for early spring lamb, and production costs have risen, so we have been moving our lambing date a bit later each year’. Photo: Getty

Angus Woods

The economic environment we farm in has necessitated a number of changes to our sheep management and ewe type over the last 10 years.

There is no longer a price premium for early spring lamb, and production costs have risen, so we have been moving our lambing date a bit later each year.