Vets highlight benefits of risk assessments

Only 25% of sheep farmers are meeting their lamb survival targets, according to a study of 100 sheep farmers in Co Galway.

These figures were revealed at the The Cattle Association of Veterinary Ireland (CAVI) annual conference in the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork, as part of the association’s promotion of the benefits of the knowledge transfer programme.

CAVI chair Conor Geraghty, of Geraghty and Neary vets in Galway, discussed the survey findings. He said risk assessment data is becoming a valuable resource for the individual farmers to improve output.