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FC - Issue 19
Below is the 19th issue of Farming Connect’s technical publication for farmers and foresters in Wales.
Published bi-monthly, it includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters, along with the latest information and research from our...
Setting reasonable goals can help Welsh farm businesses improve.
8 February 2019
At the annual Wales Farming Conference in Builth Wells, Wisconsin dairy farmer Lloyd Holterman insisted that every farm needed key performance indicators (KPIs) to progress.
“Farmers have to constantly improve their businesses to move forward...
Keeping children safe on farms is a priority for the Wales Farm Safety Partnership
30 January 2019
In May 2017, a nine year old boy was seriously injured at a Devon farm. Travelling as a passenger, he had toppled off an ATV being driven by a 13 year old. The younger boy...
Better bio-security key to reducing antibiotic use on Welsh poultry farms
29 January 2019
A poultry vet says strict on-farm biosecurity combined with vaccination will help Welsh egg and broiler producers continue their remarkable downward trend in antibiotic use.
Ian Jones, of the Hafren Veterinary Group in mid-Wales, says poultry...
Targeted antibiotic use in combination with improved herd management is allowing a Welsh dairy farm to reduce its level of treatments with antimicrobials.
28 January 2019
At drying off, Goldsland Farm at Wenvoe, Cardiff, uses antibiotics in less than 20% of the 200-cow Holstein and Dairy Shorthorn herd, opting instead for selective dry cow therapy (SDCT).
Abi Reader, a Farming Connect...