Rhiannon James has been appointed as the Farming Connect development officer for North Pembrokeshire, a role she’ll combine with being a farmer’s wife, mum to three small children and helping out with farming duties!
Rhiannon grew up on her...
Farming Connect’s pioneering joint opportunities platform Venture, launched 18 months ago, is helping facilitate much needed mobility within the agricultural industry in Wales. By helping match individuals wanting to consider joint ventures such as contract or share farming and providing support and...
SCOPS has teamed up with researchers at the University of Bristol* again to provide a Nematodirus risk forecast for 2017.
It is available on the SCOPS website and predicts when Nematodirus eggs will hatch in an area and therefore...
As Brexit and its implications are debated daily by politicians and business people throughout the world, there is one thing everyone is broadly agreed upon! We are entering...
In a commercial suckler herd, smaller cows weaned calves that were as heavy as calves from bigger cows and in doing so proved to have greater efficiency of production.
Phil Jones at Lan Farm, Cynwyl Elfed, Carmarthen has been...
SIMPLE steps to make milking more efficient could save you time and money. A Farming Connect Focus Site project at Ffosyficer, Abercych, focusing on issues such as regularly calibrating milking equipment has highlighted possible savings of £30,000 a year.
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Heidi Curtis has set her sights on being a successful farmer. Whether this ambitious young woman achieves that by helping develop her parent’s 200 acre dairy enterprise at Higher Kinnerton in Flintshire or by looking for work further afield remains to...
Simple milking parlour adjustments costing just 50p a cow are helping a Pembrokeshire dairy farming partnership improve teat hygiene and milk quality, and reduce annual concentrate costs by up to £30,345.
The Harris family milk 350 Holstein Friesian grazing-type cows...
ENSURING ewes are in the right condition throughout the year and feeding them efficiently in order to maintain performance can have a significant impact on profitability and productivity. Maximising the use of forage can help drive down costs and offer...
AS THE trend towards lighter beef carcases looks set to continue, farmers will have to adapt in order to produce the cattle needed to meet target specification. Formulating appropriate rations for cattle at different growth stages is one of the...
