Putting meat into the market – sheep muscle scanning with Geoff Davey from Stockscan

Get in touch to share sheeping stories or questions anytime!In this episode I take the podcast from our sheep yards to our kitchen table with Geoff Davey! We sit down and record a pre-dinner sheep podcast after scanning sheep and selling a few sheep during our day together at Hallston Valley Farm. We find out that spending all day with sheep is a normal day for Geoff and that is just the way he likes it!Together we explore:What is muscle scanning in sheep?Why do we muscle scan our sheep? Benefits of scanning your sheepEye muscle heritability and total eye muscle area getting to know the meat ratio to weight What do we scale for?Selecting and culling in figures How to use the data for sire/ram evaluation and sire selection Making decisions with muscle scanning data How much fat should you looking for on your sheep in millimetres?How to significantly improve your flock in just three of four generations You can contact Geoff and Julie Davey at [email protected] or via their website www.stockscanservices.com.au Support the showThank you for supporting our pod! Sign up via our sheep supporters tab !https://www.buzzsprout.com/954910/supporters/new