| The buoyant trade also led to more ewe lambs being slaughtered rather than being retained for breeding. |
| Mr Goldsmith suffered loss by the drowning of fourteen ewe tegs, and Mr Jones by the drowning of eight little pigs. |
| Shining light in the sheep section was Hannah Stenton of Thornton Dale, Pickering with a home-bred Blue Faced Leicester ewe. |
| The farm has a flock of 85 sheep, but there are plans to build up the numbers by keeping some of the ewe lambs for breeding stock this year. |
| The Department also intends to conduct a full re-evaluation of ewe premium applications countrywide. |
| Recently five lambs were born to a Suffolk ewe owned by Michael Tiffin, Gortnaboul, Kilgarvan. |
