date:Aug 14, 2014
nced a second year of dry conditions. On average across the country, scanning results are estimated to be higher than in 2013.
Mr Burtt said that, given the favourable climatic conditions and overall adequate feed supplies, the national average ewe lambing percentage is forecast to lift by about 1.5 percentage points from 120.9 per cent in 2013.
With 20 million breeding ewes, each one percentage point change in lambing percentage equates to 200,000 lambs. However, spring lambing conditions wil