News and Events

21 November 2018

The Red Meat Benchmarking Programme deadline is fast approaching and we encourage you to complete the online questionnaire as soon as possible, or you could miss out on £1,000. This is the message from Eirwen Williams...

Good hoof health is an essential component of a productive herd, and lameness is one of the most significant welfare and productivity issues affecting dairy cattle. Cow health and production specialist Sara Pedersen discusses key points...

Dr Stephen Chapman: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

Take home messages:

• The agricultural industry is a major consumer of plastic
• Plastic mulch and silage wrap waste is expensive to dispose of correctly
• Biodegradable and compostable plastics offer a suitable alternative to...

Many of us are guilty of making the same application of 20:10:10 fertiliser every spring at the same rate because that’s what we’ve always done regardless of whether the field needs it or not. 

With the industry and press quoting ever...

8 November 2018

Farming Connect will be urging Welsh farmers to take full advantage of all the support and services on offer to help them prepare for the trading conditions of the future at this year’s Winter Fair...

7 November 2018

A Welsh beef producer is maximising output per hectare (ha) by grazing cattle on fodder beet.

Marc Jones, who farms 500 acres at Trefnant Hall on the Powis Estate with his parents, David and Jane...