Case Studies

Real results. Real farms. See how ClipFitter is changing the game in animal welfare.

“Clip-Advisor”

16th May 2026

Feedback as we receive it. Penny M, Keith, Banffshire, first time user April 2026 That’s us just about finished our…

“Clip-Advisor”

Alan West, Kent – Serious Small holder for 30 Years

21st April 2026

I have shown my own sheep for 30-plus years simply because I enjoy it. The odd rosette or two is…

Alan West, Kent – Serious Small holder for 30 Years

Tesco trialist

7th April 2026

Anna Wilson is Technical Officer at the National Sheep Association and farms with her husband Iain in Yorkshire. They volunteered…

Tesco trialist

Monitor Farm Clip Claim – Bruce Irvine, Sauchentree

20th January 2026

Bruce has started using clips for tailing and castrating new born lambs, and this has cut joint-ill cases. Whilst they…

Monitor Farm Clip Claim – Bruce Irvine, Sauchentree

Tails of the Unexpected

18th January 2026

For the second year in a row, a Herefordshire farmer has ordered MIDI BIOClips – this time a thousand of…

Tails of the Unexpected

Rare Breed Review

6th December 2025

Orkney Boreray Breeder Jane Cooper kindly sent in this review of her own use of ClipFitter on her particular rare…

Rare Breed Review

Letter from Kintyre – Andrew Glenn – wild swimmer !

2nd December 2025

Andrew Glenn was about to be filmed by the This Farming Life crew for next year’s series, when he ordered…

Letter from Kintyre – Andrew Glenn – wild swimmer !

Fife Farmer Sandy Storrar – an extra-ordinary trialist for the 2nd time

18th November 2025

2025 Results from an Outdoor lambing trial. James (father) and Sandy Storrar‘s Arable & Livestock Rossie Farms is by Auchtermuchty…

Fife Farmer Sandy Storrar – an extra-ordinary trialist for the 2nd time

Sandy compared rings on young v clips on older lambs

24th June 2024

The Results are IN and ClipFitter pay-back seems very likely. Sandy Storrar, Rossie Farm, Auchtermuchty, Fife painstakingly recorded each of…

Sandy compared rings on young v clips on older lambs

Cliftoncote Farm, Scottish Borders

23rd October 2025

In the foothills of the Cheviots near Yetholm, Cliftoncote Farm is home to the Freeland-Cook family, who manage 5,500 acres…

Cliftoncote Farm, Scottish Borders

Changes to Improve Welfare of Lambs – Crofting Matters

23rd October 2025

A game changer for sheep on hill grazings?

Changes to Improve Welfare of Lambs – Crofting Matters

Sustainable Sheep Systems – Tail Docking and Castration

23rd October 2025

This video explores different methods for tail-docking and castrating lambs, with a strong emphasis on improving animal welfare.

Sustainable Sheep Systems – Tail Docking and Castration

Farmer Feedback from 2021/2

23rd October 2025

The report brings together results from multiple Scottish sheep farms trialling the ClipFitter™ system

Farmer Feedback from 2021/2