Topping Cutting down weeds and grass that have grown too long. The equivalent of mowing the lawn. Triticale A cereal crop that is a cross between rye and wheat. Tup A male sheep. Another word for ' ram '.
Some lambs finish sooner than others.
On hill farms where there is not enough outdoor feed for lambs, any remaining at the end of the year may be sold as stores, to be finished on lowland farms during the winter and spring. Wether A castrated male sheep. Instead, the grass is cut regularly and taken to the animals. It has the advantage that fields are never poached and all the grass is used rather than animals just grazing the best bits.