16 December 2020
Dr William Stiles: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
This dashboard outlines Venture key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between June 2020 - November 2020.
11 December 2020
If coronavirus has scuppered your plans for Christmas shopping, don’t despair! An enterprising group of young women from North Wales may have the perfect solution. If your nearest and dearest are involved with farming or rural...
9 December 2020
The Griffith family run a herd of 145 Stabiliser cows at Bodwi, near Pwllheli, and had historically finished half their bull beef animals themselves and the others at a specialist unit in Yorkshire.
As a...
9 December 2020
Ewe lambs and yearlings can eat more than three per cent of their liveweight a day grazing fodder beet but the crop must have good leaf cover and be correctly allocated to achieve this intake for...
3 December 2020
Increasing resting time by five hours in every 24 can help cows stay in the herd for two additional lactations.
According to Dutch vet and cow behaviour expert Joep Driessen, the modern dairy cow doesn’t get...
3 December 2020
A family farm rearing beef heifers on marginal land in South Wales has shortened its winter by two and a half months since improving grassland management.
The John family buy 80 Limousin heifer calves a year...
2 December 2020
All farmers know that they’re doing a great job. Unfortunately, doing a great job isn’t always sufficient, they need proof! Farmers are increasingly being asked to provide evidence that their farm business measures up, that they...
A group of Welsh turkey farmers have come together to form an Agrisgôp group to share their experiences and help each other prepare for what will be a very different Christmas this year. The impact of Covid restrictions has led...
