For a company to get the best possible profitability, requires financial planning. Budgeting isa common tool in financial planning. For operating Lamb producers, a planning program suchas Agriwise is a good tool. Individual Lamb producers may change certain standard figureswithin the planning program to better correspond with reality of the individual cases. In thisway, Lamb producers may plan according to which revenues and costs they may expect thenext period.

For a company to get the best possible profitability, requires financial planning. Budgeting isa common tool in financial planning. For operating Lamb producers, a planning program suchas Agriwise is a good tool. Individual Lamb producers may change certain standard figureswithin the planning program to better correspond with reality of the individual cases. In thisway, Lamb producers may plan according to which revenues and costs they may expect thenext period.

The Swedish consumption of Lamb a increasing, and today we yearly eat a kilo of Lamb per person each year. As a consequence the Swedish degree of self production according to Lamb is steadily decreasing, and is today about 39 %.Today Swedish Meats is now cooperating with the Swedish Lamb breeders organisation to raise that percentage. At the same time the European Union presents a new agricultural reform, the MTR (Mid Term Review). The shape of this new reform is not yet fully known, but the general policy has been more or less outlined. The new reform is split into three propositions: the farm model, the regional model and the mixed model.

There are several factors influencing the profitability of production with sheep. Two of the most important factors are ewe fertility and Lamb survival. Also growth capacity of the Lambs is important. This paper aims to review correlations between the ewe?s fertility and maternal behavior and Lamb survival.

This study investigates a farm in Dalarna which includes 16 ha of farmland and 1, 7 ha of pasture. The purpose is to find out if it is possible to start an animal production in Dalarna. The study is set only to compare spring Lamb production with nurse cow production. There are two buildings on the farm that can be used for this purpose. One is an old cowshed, and the other is an unused silo for silage with a roof on top. Both of the buildings are compared to every alternative in the calculations.

In Sweden we need more Lambs during March to June. I decided to calculate on a spring Lamb production, because to many of the Swedish Lambs go to slaughter in the autumn. I counted on 1000 ewes which have 2000 Lambs each year, 200 of these Lambs stays on the farm and replace old ewes. The buildings are 3600 square meters. I have counted on two different sorts of buildings, the first one is a shed, the second one is three polytunnel sheephouses.

The purpose of this literature study was to describe the seasonal reproduction in sheep and the presence of genetic variation in fertility traits. Methods to induce oestrus are described and the possibilities to change the reproduction season through breeding are discussed. Sheep have a pronounced seasonality in their reproduction. Mating season starts in the fall and the Lambs are born during the spring because this is the most beneficial time. The market request for Lamb meat has increased and therefore it is desirable with ewes that could get pregnant all year round.

The abrupt and early weaning of intensively kept Lambs may have serious animal welfare implications, but relatively little is known about this. Weaning includes the breaking of the mother-young bond and abrupt replacement of milk by solid food, often coinciding with changes in the (social) environment. Altogether, these changes are likely to affect Lamb welfare significantly. This study aimed to establish how strong and persistent Lamb welfare is impaired following abrupt weaning by means of measuring behaviour parameters indicative of affective state. Also, we investigated the existence of a diurnal rhythm in play behaviour, which is considered an important indicator of positive affect and good welfare.

To produce fine fibre wool as a complement to Lamb meat production, Merino and Svea sheep are currently being crossbred in the county of Jämtland. The aim of this study was to evaluate growth and wool quality of the first crossbred Lambs. In addition, a literature study about nutritional effects on wool production has been carried out. The literature study showed that fine fibre wool should foremost be achieved through directed breeding. Nutritional requirements of the sheep at different stages of production should determine their feeding.

Sheep production is the only animal production in Sweden that is increasing. Therefore,increasing knowledge of the production is of great interest. In order to run a viable sheepproduction, producers needs to be successful in the breeding of the animals and achievean economic surplus in the end. Lambs that are born healthy and vital have greaterconditions to perform high Lamb weight gains and thus a successful production. Thereare many factors affect the survival, birth weight and early weight gain of the new bornLamb.

Sheep production is the only animal production in Sweden that is increasing. Therefore,increasing knowledge of the production is of great interest. In order to run a viable sheepproduction, producers needs to be successful in the breeding of the animals and achievean economic surplus in the end. Lambs that are born healthy and vital have greaterconditions to perform high Lamb weight gains and thus a successful production. Thereare many factors affect the survival, birth weight and early weight gain of the new bornLamb.

The objective of this paper ? Trusting the reader: On impressionistic narrating in Stig Claesson's writings with the novel Brev till en hembygdsgård as starting point ? is to examine narrative techniques used by the Swedish author Stig Claesson, specifically some which fall within the broad field known as literary impressionism: e.g. omission, repetition, juxtaposition, episodic narration and how access to the narrator?s as well as individual characters' consciousness is handled.The method used for the study will be that of illustrative comparison. The analysis will seek its theoretical grounds in the works by Gerard Genette and Jonathan Culler.

This study aimed to investigate whether Lambs show anticipatory behaviours in a holding pen prior to entering a known arena, whether the holding pen experience prior to the arena exposure affects their play expression in the arena and whether their behaviour (in home pen) is affected if arena access is denied. Twenty pair-housed male Lambs (average 14 weeks old), were exposed, in chronological order, to five treatments. Holding pen treat-ment (HP-control): Each pair was led into a holding pen (2.7 m2) and remained there for 5 minutes before returning to their home pen (6 m2). Holding pen ? arena treatment (HP-A): Each pair was led into a holding pen for 5 min and then was allowed access into the arena (22 m2, containing two hanging chains, one ball and one platform) for 15 min before re-turning to their home pen.

This study investigated how we can understand St. Francis as environmentally conscious. The study also presents where those elements can be found in St. Francis own documents and from documents that describe St. Francis.

The aim of this literature review was to suggest suitable index traits to use in the Swedish Sheep Recording Scheme for fertility and maternal traits. Since fertility and some of the maternal traits are not normally distributed advanced methodology is needed to calculate genetic parameters. Breeding is a tool to improve the economy of the farm and for the selection of breeders estimated breeding values (EBV) for important traits are of high value. In sheep breeding both Lambs born and Lambs weaned should be taken into consideration as well as the ewe?s maternal ability, which includes Lambing ease, Lamb survival, ewe behaviour as mother and the early growth of the Lambs.