The service connects sheep farming members of NSA requiring assistance at lambing time with agricultural and veterinary students looking for a work experience placement as part of their studies, therefore benefitting both parties. Now is the perfect time to organise lambing staff as the New Year approaches and thoughts will soon turn to lambing season once again.
 
The List is this year sponsored by online veterinary medicines supplier 'Farmacy'. A Farmacy spokesperson comments: "Farmacy is happy to be sponsoring the 2023 lambing list. A successful lambing season requires preparation, having people and products ready to support farmers during the busy weeks ahead."

Katie James, NSA Communications Manager, says: “The NSA Lambing List has become the trusted method for many of our members to source extra lambing help over recent years and we are therefore pleased to be able to offer this service once again this year. It’s a very simple but effective process – we collate a list of NSA members looking for help at lambing time and produce an advert so students can approach them directly to ask for a placement.”

NSA members wanting to advertise on the list must complete a short application form at www.nationalsheep.org.uk/lambing-list providing brief details of their lambing system and the experience and position they can offer, including provision of accommodation, meals and other details. Adverts are listed in the order they are submitted, so NSA members are encouraged to get adverts in as early as possible.

Sheep farmers who are interested in using the list but are not yet NSA members can find a membership application form at www.nationalsheep.org.uk/membership.

The service could not be simpler for students looking for a placement, with adverts split into regions to highlight positions available in different areas of the UK and overseas. The list can be found via the lambing and work experience pages at on the Next Generation web pages (https://www.nationalsheep.org.uk/next-generation/jobs-work-experience/lambing-experience/) .