• Adapting Seasonal Sheep Production to Year-Round Fresh Meat and Halal Market in Norway 

      Bhatti, Muhammad Azher; Williams, Thomas; Hopkins, David Laurence; Asheim, Leif Jarle; Steinheim, Geir; Campbell, Michael; Eik, Lars Olav; Wynn, Peter Charles; Ådnøy, Tormod (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Norway is the largest sheep meat producer among Nordic countries with more than 1.3 million lambs and sheep slaughtered in 2017. The sheep industry is limited by the need for in-house feeding during the winter months. In ...
    • Rangeland Grazing Strategies to Lower the Dependency on Imported Concentrates in Norwegian Sheep Meat Production 

      Bhatti, Muhammad Azher; Eik, Lars Olav; Steinheim, Geir; Ådnøy, Tormod; Horneland, Reinert; Wynn, Peter Charles; Hopkins, David Laurence; Asheim, Leif Jarle (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Norway has vast rangeland resources (292,361 km2) with an estimated carrying capacity of nearly four million sheep and lambs, twice the current number. However, the intensive production system currently applied has led to ...