Approved EIP Wales Projects

tatws
Potato blight control using components of indigenous non-food waste plants

Innovation Broker: Tony Little (ADAS)

pasture
Pasture for pollinators

Innovation Broker: Tony Little (ADAS)

Squill
Feasibility study on Squill Production in North Wales

Innovation Broker: Elaine Rees Jones (AgriPlan Cymru)

beef
Developing the Cambrian Mountains Beef group to manage and expand their short supply chain

Innovation Broker: Emma Jones (ADAS)

lambs
Reducing antibiotic use on sheep farms at lambing time through best practice management, by improving nutrition and hygiene

Innovation Broker: Emma Jones (ADAS)

genetic
Assessing the potential of genomic testing dairy heifers to increase genetic gains and financial returns

Innovation Broker: Will Jones (Kite Consulting)

weeder
An analysis of the use of a computerised robotic weeder in small scale horticultural operations

Innovation Broker: Will John (ADAS)

alternative forage
Alternative forage systems for marginal land

Innovation Broker: Will John (ADAS)

woodlands
A comparison of the relative environmental benefits of low impact machinery in small scale woodlands

Innovation Broker: Will John (ADAS)

night milk
Night milk - assessing the reliability and economic benefit

Innovation Broker: Russell Thomas (Kite Consulting)

asparagus
An examination of the practical and financial potential for growing small scale asparagus organically at 2 locations in South Wales

Innovation Broker: Will John (ADAS)

dock control
Electrophysical Dock Control

Innovation Broker: Will John (ADAS)

wheat
Organic Ancient Cereal Supply-chain

Innovation Broker: Tony Little (ADAS)  

Omega 3
Investigation of the effect of contrasting dairy production systems in West Wales on the profile of milk fatty acids (especially omega-3 and 6)

Innovation Broker: Jeremy Bowen Rees (Landsker Business Solutions)

grassland
Foliar feed for grassland

Innovation Broker: Tony Little (ADAS)

sheep
Implementing advanced nutritional management in the Welsh sheep industry
scab
Tackling Scab - a farmer led approach

Innovation Broker: Helen Ovens (ADAS)

GPS
Where have ewe moo-ved to? Trialling the use of tracking technology in extensive grazing systems

Innovation Broker: Helen Ovens (ADAS)

goat
To improve the sustainability of goat meat production in Wales by investigating the efficacy of recommended wormer dose rates for meat goats.

Innovation Broker: Jeremy Bowen Rees (Landsker Business Solutions)

cheese
Managing dairy ewes to produce a better outcome for cheese production

Innovation Broker: Geraint Hughes (Landsker Business Solutions)

grazing
Sustainable intensification in upland grazing production systems

Innovation Broker: Emma Jones (ADAS)

fat-tailed
Introducing fat-tailed sheep to Wales to satisfy UK market demand

Innovation Broker: Geraint Hughes (Landsker)

cattle
Improving the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal round worms in cattle

Innovation Broker: Tony Little (ADAS)

establishing trees
Establishing trees in dense bracken

Innovation Broker - Helen Barnes (AgriPlan Cymru)

dry cow
Targeted approach for selective dry cow management decision making

Innovation Broker: Neil Blackburn (Kite Consulting)

Glynllifon satellite
Using 'Internet of Things' (IoT) technology to improve slurry management on farms.

Innovation Broker: Geraint Hughes (Landsker)

satellite grass
Developing a novel way of rapidly measuring agronomic treatment effects on grass growth

Innovation Broker: Cate Barrow (ADAS)

ladybug
Improving knowledge and experience of integrated pest control of soft fruit in Wales to reduce pesticide application and wastage

Innovation Broker: Will John (ADAS)

roundworm eggs
Targeting anthelmintic use in sheep

Innovation Broker: Tony Little (ADAS)

water
Is there something in the water? Identifying and addressing Cryptosporidium in sheep.

Innovation Broker: Helen Ovens (ADAS)

chicken
Reducing ammonia emissions from broiler chicken production

Innovation Broker: Will John (ADAS)

bison
Developing a blueprint for controlling malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) in bison, buffalo, and cattle in Wales
grass
The Impact of herbal leys on the health and performance of grazing lambs
pumpkins
Improving knowledge and experience of micronutrient management in cucurbit production in Wales

Innovation Broker: Will John (ADAS)

milk
Maximising udder health for improved herd performance through dynamic testing

Innovation Broker: Jeremy Bowen Rees (Landsker Business Solutions)

polytunnel
Using photo selective films to enhance the profitability of leafy salad production in Wales

Innovation Broker: Will John (ADAS)

calves
Improving fertility and also calving rates of dairy herds in South West Wales through a method of early pregnancy diagnosis using pregnancy specific protein B (PSPB)

Innovation Broker:  Jeremy Bowen Rees (Landsker Business Solutions) 

trees
Comparing on-site preservation techniques for fresh Welsh birch sap for use in artisan products by local businesses

Innovation Broker: Geraint Hughes (Landsker Business Solutions) 

carbon
Carbon Neutral Farming: Assessing opportunities and challenges
IoT
Early adoption of on-farm ‘Internet of Things' (IoT) sensor networks to alert and notify farmers to improve farm security

Innovation Broker: Geraint Hughes (Landsker)

lameness
Lameness in Dairy Cattle: The impact of different methods of knowledge transfer on behaviour change in dairy producers and subsequent impact on lameness prevalence in their herds
fluke
Fluke mapping using eDNA to inform development of sustainable control measures

Innovation Broker: Emma Jones (ADAS)

hadau
Opportunities for market diversification and increased farm resilience with unusual and exotic vegetables and edible flower production in Wales.

Innovation Broker: Will John (ADAS)

cow
Improving suckler herd management through nutrition and hygiene around calving time to enhance productivity and reduce antibiotic use

Innovation Broker: Tony Little (ADAS)

biochar
Improving horticultural yields with Molinia biochar and sheep manure/wool based soil amendments

Innovation Broker: Helen Barnes (AgriPlan Cymru)

yellow hammer
The Welsh Farmland Bird Initiative: Overwinter feeding of farmland birds to reverse biodiversity decline on productive pasture-based farms