https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news daily 0.75 2026-07-09 https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news/sheep-breeders-roll-out-new-environmental-index-to-cut-uk-flock-carbon-footprint-1 monthly 0.5 2026-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/b9e855ec-dba6-4277-8d4a-5b31e2f8d11c/26BreedingPartners.jpg News - Sheep breeders roll out new environmental index to cut UK flock carbon footprint - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/90b28258-af38-4531-ad47-7233971e20f3/26Geneticists+Dods+Emma%2C+Lambe+Nicola+Dr%2C+Roden+Janet+Dr.jpg News - Sheep breeders roll out new environmental index to cut UK flock carbon footprint Dr Nicola Lambe went on to combine data from the Breed for CH4nge project and other research projects carried out in Scotland, Wales and Ireland to show that there is a genetic relationship between smaller rumens and lower methane emissions. She explained: “The implication of this ground-breaking research is the need for further investigation, however it strengthens the team’s belief that the methane breeding values should always be used alongside other performance measures to guard against unintended reductions in efficiency and profitability.” She adds: “Perhaps the most exciting finding, and one that confirms work carried out in New Zealand, is that differences in the rumen microbiome of animals appears to have a strong association with differences in their methane emissions. Again, further research is needed to establish to what extent these differences can be passed from generation to generation and to develop cost effective on-farm tests that will enable these differences to be harnessed in a breeding programme.” https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news/end-of-project-presentations monthly 0.5 2026-07-09 https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news/sheep-breeders-roll-out-new-environmental-index-to-cut-uk-flock-carbon-footprint monthly 0.5 2026-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/ce4aa846-4747-4c59-9ccc-3fdaba598af4/26Partners.jpg News - Sheep breeders roll out new environmental index to cut UK flock carbon footprint - Make it stand out Representatives from the 11 project partners https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news/what-have-we-learnt-about-breeding-sheep-for-lower-methane-potential-for-genetic-selection monthly 0.5 2026-05-27 https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news/breed-for-ch4nge-index monthly 0.5 2026-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/535d7c63-183f-4438-bc8f-0e8e603cce90/Relative+Emphasis+of+Traits.png News - Breed for CH4nge Index - Relative emphasis of traits within the new Breed for CH4nge index (Figure 1) shows that the direct methane trait makes up 26% of the index with key production traits carrying significant emphasis, including lamb survival, number of lambs born and scan weight (14-23% each). Greater lamb survival ensures more lambs either enter the breeding flock or are finished as prime lambs contributing to carcase output, avoiding wasted energy and feed demands of both the ewe and lamb. Similarly, a good lambing percentage combined with good lamb survival optimises production and output with emphasis on scan weight resulting in prime lambs reaching target slaughter weight sooner, reducing days to slaughter and therefore the lamb’s energy requirements and methane emissions. Additionally, a higher scan weight results in a larger proportion of ewe lamb replacements achieving target weights for breeding, offering the potential to increase flock output. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/90dccebb-10f4-48e0-a4f5-f72393097d1a/Contribution+of+expected+genetic+change.png News - Breed for CH4nge Index - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news/breeding-decisions-and-the-flock-carbon-footprint monthly 0.5 2026-05-27 https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news/breeding-more-efficient-lower-methane-sheep-insights-from-the-harper-adams-lleyn-flock monthly 0.5 2026-07-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/1efcd46f-318e-4834-a4ba-897ebb17b1d4/HAU+Collage.png News - Breeding more efficient, lower-methane sheep: Insights from the Harper Adams Lleyn Flock - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/6311507e-528a-4d2d-b3ff-8e4a2c6a6276/Breed+variation.png News - Breeding more efficient, lower-methane sheep: Insights from the Harper Adams Lleyn Flock - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/4ad20f03-0eaf-4d84-bb7a-cc41386ee640/Slide4.PNG News - Breeding more efficient, lower-methane sheep: Insights from the Harper Adams Lleyn Flock - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/8fbd3094-835e-4ae5-aaee-768450da9e10/Trait+Relationship.png News - Breeding more efficient, lower-methane sheep: Insights from the Harper Adams Lleyn Flock - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news/past-selection-delivering-clear-efficiency-gains monthly 0.5 2026-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/9064d14d-deb4-43be-b9b0-3dbd9522b564/Genetic+Progress+over+10+years.png News - Past Selection has Delivered Clear Gains in Efficiency at the Same Time as Reducing Emissions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news/bringing-home-the-breeding-tools monthly 0.5 2026-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/5f7a7f2a-30f8-45d4-a00f-53628d968ba3/Samuel+Boon+-+RamCompare+Hutts+Farm.JPG News - Bringing home the breeding tools - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news/what-have-we-learnt-about-breeding-sheep-for-lower-methane-understanding-the-biology monthly 0.5 2026-05-27 https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news/bisas-conference-2026 monthly 0.5 2026-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/4c787f4a-49a6-4dab-a491-00d2296b48ef/BISAS+Conference+banner.JPG News - BISAS Conference 2026 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news/end-of-project-event monthly 0.5 2026-05-22 https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news/breed-for-ch4nge-science-into-practice monthly 0.5 2026-02-05 https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news/may-2025-project-update monthly 0.5 2025-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/2902cffa-4319-485b-a167-66ca0c6a04e7/image00234.jpeg News - Project update - May 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/1750242211382-10QNGTJOX0UEO1N3ZNDM/Antibody+variation+chart.png News - Project update - May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/1750242211487-XETNPLXONFXQ66YJJ2VB/Egg+count+variation+chart.png News - Project update - May 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/a5245ef5-f986-413f-8c18-9f942d51792b/CT+scanning.png News - Project update - May 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/d5a2fe51-7a12-46a2-a20f-528c2f871504/Selection+index.png News - Project update - May 2025 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news/breed-for-ch4nge-educating-the-next-generation monthly 0.5 2025-03-21 https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news/breed-for-ch4nge-at-the-sheep-breeders-roundtable-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-11-22 https://www.breedforch4nge.co.uk/news/project-update-june-2024 monthly 0.5 2024-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/f4d64309-d974-470b-85d5-ec8a796077d9/WhatsApp+Image+2024-02-07+at+19.49.13_df1929a6.jpg News - Project update - June 2024 - Measurement of methane 6500 measurements on 3331 grazing lambs made to end of May 2024. These represent 7 breeds and 27 flocks, all fully performance recorded. Typically lambs in highest 20% of emissions produce 40-50% more methane than the bottom 20% within the group grazed and managed together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/9aa58b58-711a-4dca-909a-4e833b128db6/Ewe+effciency+and+health.png News - Project update - June 2024 - Ewe efficiency and health More than 14,000 records of ewe weight and body condition score, and 4000 records of parasite resistance (FEC and IgA) have been collected in participating flocks so far This will help us understand the relationship of these traits to methane emissions and how breeding a more efficient and healthy ewe can contribute to a lower carbon footprint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/646f21d9ead45275b346f8b2/b8542d91-6152-4e1f-91f8-89f9a3a69048/Rams+lambs+in+feeders+15112023.jpg News - Project update - June 2024 - Feed efficiency and rumen biology We want to understand the biology of the sheep that produce less methane better so we know how breeding lower methane sheep might effect their feed efficiency and rumen biology. So far we have measured methane, feed efficiency, rumen volume and rumen microbiome profile on 250 lambs. 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