What’s driving smarter, more strategic weaning decisions?

In this episode, Andrew Dowling, Technical Expert - Animal Production at PGG Wrightson, breaks down how to avoid costly weaning checks, and the practical steps farmers can take to keep lambs tracking forward while protecting ewe condition for their next tupping.

Guest:
Andrew Dowling, Technical Expert - Animal Production, PGG Wrightson

Host:
Sarah Perriam-Lampp, Editor-in-Chief, CountryWide

Andrew Dowling, Technical Expert - Animal Production at PGG Wrightson highlights how to keep lambs on a rising plane of nutrition, protect ewe condition and adapt to tightening finishing capacity. 

From staggering weaning to prioritising smaller lambs on top-quality feed and planning disciplined store lamb sales, he shows how thoughtful decisions at weaning can lift performance and support long-term farm profitability.

He explores the spectrum of approaches from traditional fixed weaning dates to more strategic, market-driven decisions and explains how understanding lamb growth patterns, feed quality, heat stress and shifting buying behaviours can significantly reduce the risk of a weaning check.

Read the article featuring Andrew here.

 

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What&rsquo;s driving smarter, more strategic weaning decisions?
In this episode, Andrew Dowling, Technical Expert - Animal Production at PGG Wrightson, breaks down how to avoid costly weaning checks, and the practical steps farmers can take to keep lambs tracking forward while protecting ewe condition for their next tupping.
Guest:
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<li aria-level="1">Andrew Dowling, Technical Expert - Animal Production, PGG Wrightson</li>
</ul>
Host:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Sarah Perriam-Lampp, Editor-in-Chief, CountryWide</li>
</ul>
Andrew Dowling, Technical Expert - Animal Production at PGG Wrightson highlights how to keep lambs on a rising plane of nutrition, protect ewe condition and adapt to tightening finishing capacity.&nbsp;
From staggering weaning to prioritising smaller lambs on top-quality feed and planning disciplined store lamb sales, he shows how thoughtful decisions at weaning can lift performance and support long-term farm profitability.
He explores the spectrum of approaches from traditional fixed weaning dates to more strategic, market-driven decisions and explains how understanding lamb growth patterns, feed quality, heat stress and shifting buying behaviours can significantly reduce the risk of a weaning check.
Read the article featuring Andrew <a href="https://country-wide.co.nz/weaning-check-impacts-lamb-cheque/">here</a>.
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Hosts: Sarah Perriam-Lampp - CEO & Editor-in-Chief at CountryWide Media

For more information & to subscribe to CountryWide, visit www.country-wide.co.nz

Bringing' you the best of rural New Zealand for nearly 50 years via your mailboxes, now it&rsquo;s time for our seasonal stories from the magazine to weekly updates straight to your ears.
Proud to celebrate the grit and the smarts it takes to farm as well as good ol' fashioned country culture with The CountryWide Podcast.
Hosts: Sarah Perriam-Lampp - CEO &amp; Editor-in-Chief at CountryWide Media
For more information &amp; to subscribe to CountryWide, visit www.country-wide.co.nz

The CountryWide Podcast

Bringing' you the best of rural New Zealand for nearly 50 years via your mailboxes, now it’s time for' our seasonal stories from the magazine to weekly updates straight to your ears.

Proud to celebrate the grit and the smarts it takes to farm as well as good ol' fashioned country culture with the CountryWide Podcast with Editor-in-Chief, Sarah Perriam-Lampp.

To subscribe to Country-Wide, visit www.country-wide.co.nz 

Bringing' you the best of rural New Zealand for nearly 50 years via your mailboxes, now it&rsquo;s time for' our seasonal stories from the magazine to weekly updates straight to your ears.
Proud to celebrate the grit and the smarts it takes to farm as well as good ol' fashioned country culture with the CountryWide Podcast with Editor-in-Chief,&nbsp;Sarah Perriam-Lampp.
To subscribe to Country-Wide, visit <a href="http://www.country-wide.co.nz">www.country-wide.co.nz</a>&nbsp;

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