Organic: October 2021 – September 2022
This dashboard outlines organic key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between October 2021 - September 2022.
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Forestry: October 2021 – September 2022
This dashboard outlines forestry key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between October 2021 - September 2022.
Arable: October 2021 – September 2022
This dashboard outlines arable key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between October 2021 - September 2022.
Episode 75 - Grass Breeding: Planting the seeds of the future
Pasture will be the focus of this podcast in the company of Cennydd Jones, lecturer in grassland management at Aberystwyth University and also a part-time farmer. Cennydd will be joined by Alan Lovatt a grass breeder throughout his career and...
Circular systems in agriculture Part 1: Livestock production sustainability
21 December 2022
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Circular systems and economies aim to improve efficiencies whilst reducing waste by recycling, reusing and refurbishing materials and energy throughout production
- Within agriculture, many production aspects are amenable to...
Faecal egg count (FEC) sampling can significantly reduce the need to worm dairy and beef youngstock for roundworms without impacting on their health and performance.
20 December 2022
A three-year European Innovation Partnership (EIP) Wales study on dairy farms in Ceredigion resulted in all three farms managing their R2 yearling heifers at grass without the need to treat them for gut round worms; one...
