News and Events
Venture: June 2022 – December 2022
This dashboard outlines Venture key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between June 2022 - December 2022.
Business: August 2022 – December 2022
This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2022 - December 2022.
Land: August 2022 – December 2022
This dashboard outlines land key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2022 - December 2022.
Livestock: August 2022 – December 2022
This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2022 - December 2022.
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...
Carmarthenshire farmer learning everything he needs to know about modern farming through Farming Connect
27 February 2023
His parents introduced him to the hands-on ‘land and livestock’ side of farming at an early age but for Carmarthenshire-born Dylan Morgan, it’s Farming Connect that keeps this construction management graduate ‘bang up to date’. Dylan...
Control of Dermanyssus gallinae, the poultry red mite using Integrated Pest Management
27 February 2023
Saba Amir, IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Dermanyssus gallinae is a serious threat to laying hens and egg production in many parts of the world
- Acaricide resistance and changes in pesticide legislations have made the management of...