News | Farming Connect

17 March 2023

Menter a Busnes to appoint 100 mentors for new Farming Connect programme

17 March 2023 Food processing and butchery, sheep dog handling, viticulture and regenerative farming – in the current Farming Connect programme - approved mentors offer fully funded one-to-one support on an increasingly wide range of topics. “Receiving confidential one-to-one guidance...

Type: News Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Bees/Honey, Dairy, Diversification, Forestry, Goats, Horticulture, Organic, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep, Succession, Viticulture

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock

16 March 2023

Biological controls halve Welsh pig unit’s nuisance fly numbers

16 March 2023 Infestations of nuisance and biting flies at a Welsh pig unit have halved since beneficial insects were introduced as a method to control the fly lifecycle. Predatory flies, which feed off insects like the common house fly...

Type: News Key Sector: Pigs

Theme: Business, Livestock

16 March 2023

Simple steps to reduce energy use on dairy farms

16 March 2023 Simple adjustments like correctly setting time clocks on water heaters and lagging pipes can capture big energy cost savings for a dairy farming business. Milk cooling, water heating and vacuum pumps account for the biggest proportion of...

Type: News Key Sector: Dairy

Theme: Business, Livestock

9 March 2023

Housing and feeding changes lift dairy farm’s calf health

9 March 2023 Making key changes to calf housing and feeding protocols is helping a Pembrokeshire dairy farm improve youngstock health. When Parc y Morfa Farms Limited made the switch from beef farming to milk production in 2015, the housing...

Type: News Key Sector: Dairy

Theme: Business, Livestock

27 February 2023

A Welsh suckler beef farm is achieving average daily liveweight gains (DLWG) of 2.4kg in bulls it finishes at 13 months on a ration formulated with a high level of its own rolled barley.

27 February 2023 Bryn Farm, a Farming Connect demonstration site, near Cardigan, has for the last three years worked alongside Farming Connect on projects to improve the performance and sustainability of the business. These have included producing bull beef from...

Type: News Key Sector: Arable, Beef

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock

23 February 2023

Tree health and health and safety take precedence at events held across Wales

23 February 2023 Events will be held across Wales to update farmers and foresters on tree health and the practical and health and safety implications when tackling diseased or damaged trees on farm. Gethin Hughes from MWMAC will discuss what...

Type: News Key Sector: Forestry

Theme: Business, Land Key Specialism: Health and Safety, Woodland Management

15 February 2023

New research shows it is unnecessary to blanket treat ewes for worms at lambing

15 February 2023 New data emerging from a study involving Welsh sheep flocks shows good potential to significantly reduce the number of ewes that need to be wormed around lambing time. A study funded by the European Innovation Partnership (EIP)...

Type: News Key Sector: Sheep

Theme: Business, Livestock

13 February 2023

Good AI protocols and calving records factor in improved dairy herd fertility

13 February 2023 Good artificial insemination (AI) protocols are helping a Carmarthenshire dairy farm achieve a six week in-calf rate of more than 80%. Iwan Francis runs a split block calving herd of 200 Friesian-cross cows at Nantglas, Talog, where...

Type: News Key Sector: Dairy

Theme: Business, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

10 February 2023

Sixfold increase in farmland bird numbers on Welsh cover crop project sites

10 February 2023 Welsh farms have significantly increased populations of farmland birds since growing seed-bearing cover crops and providing feeding stations containing supplementary seed. A European Innovation Partnership (EIP) Wales project, run in conjunction with The Game and Wildlife Conservation...

Type: News Theme: Business

6 February 2023

Application window for Farming Connect Fertility increasing workshop is now open!

6 February 2023 With good breeding and reproductive management underpinning profitability in Welsh cattle herds, farmers are being urged to sign up for a new Farming Connect workshop designed to help maximise herd fertility. Master Fertility, the latest in a...

Type: News Key Sector: Dairy

Theme: Business, Livestock

Menter a Busnes to appoint 100 mentors for new Farming Connect programme

Biological controls halve Welsh pig unit’s nuisance fly numbers

Simple steps to reduce energy use on dairy farms

Housing and feeding changes lift dairy farm’s calf health

A Welsh suckler beef farm is achieving average daily liveweight gains (DLWG) of 2.4kg in bulls it finishes at 13 months on a ration formulated with a high level of its own rolled barley.

Tree health and health and safety take precedence at events held across Wales

New research shows it is unnecessary to blanket treat ewes for worms at lambing

Good AI protocols and calving records factor in improved dairy herd fertility

Sixfold increase in farmland bird numbers on Welsh cover crop project sites

Application window for Farming Connect Fertility increasing workshop is now open!

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