8 March 2022
Many Welsh dairy farms will need to increase production efficiency to reduce their carbon footprint and meet market and policy-driven emissions targets.
During a recent Farming Connect webinar, agricultural consultant Diane Spence advised farmers that agriculture...
8 March 2022
Ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma (OPA) was diagnosed in the flock at Court Farm, Llanthony, near Abergavenny, in 2021, after several ewes showed clinical signs; the group were thin, were breathing heavily, and had excessive nasal discharge. There...
25 February 2022
Due to the Covid 19 restrictions, which necessitated the prestigious Lantra Cymru Awards 2021 having to be judged remotely, the Minister for Rural Affairs, North Wales & Trefnydd, Lesley Griffiths pre-recorded a short message which was...
18 February 2022
The Welsh Government is committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050 (a balance between the total greenhouse gas emissions produced and the total emissions removed from the atmosphere). It is recognised that every sector, including...
17 February 2022
Ewe nutrition in late pregnancy has been suggested as the major influence on colostrum quality in a new study.
In what is thought to be the largest recorded data-set for ovine colostrum collected under commercial farming...
15 February 2022
With the high cost of purchased fertiliser concentrating farmers’ minds on the nutrients in farm slurry and manure, an opportunity to learn more about exploiting the value in those is still available in Wales.
There are...
10 February 2022
Applying fertilisers enhanced with selenium and sulphur has been shown to boost levels of selenium in grassland by up to five times, and to increase grass yield by up to 11%, during a Farming Connect trial...
7 February 2022
Improving efficiency through better soil, grazing and slurry management can help grassland farmers reduce the negative impact on grass growth from reducing nitrogen (N) inputs.
Fertiliser price rises will add 3p/litre to milk production costs this...
3 February 2022
Are you ready to broaden your horizons, and discover what you can learn from some of the UK’s top-performing rural businesses or organisations? Would you be happy to bring that new-found knowledge, technical ability and management...
31 January 2022
Business looks bright for almost 4,500 Welsh farm and forestry businesses that have received support through the Farming Connect Advisory Service, with almost 7,000 claims for support already completed by the service. These are the industry...
