White Suffolk: Assessing feed conversion in lambs

Updated July 26 2019 - 4:29pm, first published 3:00pm
GENETIC EVALUATION: The White Suffolk lamb trial measured individual weight gains, feed intake, time spent eating and the number of visits at feed stations per day.
GENETIC EVALUATION: The White Suffolk lamb trial measured individual weight gains, feed intake, time spent eating and the number of visits at feed stations per day.

Feed conversion efficiency is a major driver of lamb production profitability, and two NSW White Suffolk studs have been working to measure the breed's success in the feedlot.

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