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19 August 2021

The past two days, Minister for Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths, has met with representatives from Farming Connect’s demonstration and innovation project sites and service users in Mid and South West Wales.

Discussing projects undertaken, innovation and...

19 August 2021

Long-lost wheat varieties can offer a good alternative to modern wheat on low input farms, but lodging can be a challenge, crop trials in Pembrokeshire have shown.

Only 9% of farmland in Wales is currently used...

Gillian Williams has an impeccable pedigree when it comes to her knowledge of sheep! Brought up on a 22,000 acre sheep farm, breeding them, shearing them and making money from them comes naturally to this Falklands-born sheep farmer who now...

18 August 2021

Gillian Williams has an impeccable pedigree when it comes to her knowledge of sheep! Breeding them, shearing them and making money from them comes naturally to this Falklands-born sheep farmer who now lives at her family’s...

16 August 2021

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Technologies can be integrated into on-farm infrastructure to improve animal welfare
• Systems that increase the ability to monitor groups of animals as individuals have the potential to massively boost...

16 August 2021

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Indoor environments and infrastructure can have a significant impact on livestock welfare with many regulations and best practice guides affecting this
• Often a perceived core concern of indoor welfare...

Are you consider viticulture as your next diversification idea? World-class help is at hand through the Mentoring scheme by Robb Merchant of White Castle Vineyard, producer of Pinot Noir Reserve 2018, Decanter gold medal.

12 August 2021

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Fluke parasite infections cause a significant economic burden on agriculture worldwide as well as negatively impacting animal health and wellbeing
• Understanding where and when fluke and their snail intermediate...

10 August 2021

Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Around 80% of milk protein is comprised of casein, casein comes in many different forms, though the most variable and influential is κ-casein.
• The κ-casein gene also has many different...