Is a Sheep Farm Actually Profitable in the UK? (Real Costs Explained)

What if you owned a sheep farm? How much money would you really make? Britain keeps over 30 million sheep — but does sheep farming actually make money? In this video we follow one ewe through the full farming year and do the real money maths at recent British prices: 1.6 lambs at £115 = £184 income, £120 costs, about £60 profit per ewe per year. You'll see choosing the breed (Suffolk, Texel, Lleyn, North Country Mule, Scottish Blackface), tupping and scanning, lambing season, feeding through the year, health (worms, lameness, blowfly strike), shearing & wool, selling lambs at the auction mart, 3 costly beginner mistakes, and the full profit breakdown. Whether you're dreaming of starting a sheep farm or just curious where your lamb comes from, this is the complete beginner-friendly guide to sheep farming profit. CHAPTERS 0:00 The £60 question 0:40 Intro 0:55 Choosing the breed 1:46 Tupping & scanning 2:31 Lambing season 3:28 Feeding through the year 4:11 Health: worms, lameness, blowfly 5:13 A year on the farm 6:00 Shearing & wool 6:33 The money maths 7:49 Selling your lambs 8:54 3 mistakes that lose money 9:26 Recap CREDITS Stock footage: Mixkit (free license) Music: "Warm Sunset" by MusicLFiles — CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons) Sheep sounds: "Sheep bleating" (public domain), "Mudchute sheep" (CC BY-SA 3.0), "Lamb bleating and its mother's response" (CC BY-SA 4.0) — Wikimedia Commons #SheepFarming #UKFarming #FarmLife #Lambing #HappyFarming