Claire joined the Innovis team in 2017, representing us in the North of England. She has a strong practical knowledge of the sheep industry having studied Agriculture at Kirkley Hall College before going on to work as a contract shepherd in mid-Northumberland. To this day, when not keeping in touch with her clients, Claire still takes time out to do lambing work as well as training her working dogs and horse riding.
Email: claireirving@innovis.org.uk
Tel: 07792 096999
If you’re looking for?
A sustainable sheep farming business
Increased lamb productivity on marginal land or in drought prone areas
Improved efficiency
Easier lambing outdoors
Reduced labour costs
Top carcass specification from a reduced cost base
Improved returns that use proven technologies
Counting costs – not just sheep
"We are running the farm as a business; whilst we enjoy the job, we have to make a profit...we introduced a strategy featuring the Aberfield maternal sire to breed our own replacements - we’re heading towards a three-quarter bred Aberfield cross Mule.The Aberfield cross shearling ewes this year scanned an average 177%, These motherly ewes lick their lambs and let them suck without batting an eye lid, they’ve well suspended udders and neatly placed teats that are easy to latch on to saving us time helping out newborn lambs, and they’ve plenty of milk solely from grazed grass supplemented with Magnesium licks"
Patrick Wilson - Northern England
“Combine carefully selected Innovis genetics with detailed attention to management, and I don’t know of any other livestock farming enterprise that could beat sheep farming in terms of profitability for a starter..."
Jim Beary – Aberfield
“We’re having a trial run over a portion of the flock. Our first draw of Primera cross lambs reached 19kg target finishing weight at 11 weeks, both the twin Primera and Abermax cross lambs..."
James Teasdale – Abermax
Since introducing the New Zealand bred Highlander to his Devon unit three years ago, finished sheep production has increased by 42% to 342kg per acre while a traditional indoor...
Mike Tewson – Highlander
Producing tailored made replacement ewes featuring Innovis genetics within a traditional stratified system is proving to be a win win venture for two sheep farming businesses...
Ben Anthony - Aberfield Crossbred