Below is the 30th issue of Farming Connect’s technical publication for farmers and foresters in Wales.
Published bi-monthly, it includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters, along with the latest information and research from...
19 November 2020
Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
17 November 2020
Improving silage quality by just 1.5ME can reduce beef finishing costs by £38/head.
At Pantyderi farm, a Farming Connect demonstration site near Boncath, Pembrokeshire, Wyn and Eurig Jones are aiming to increase efficiency in the 300...
The government has set a target of reaching ‘net zero’ in terms of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and the NFU wants to see farmers reaching that target by 2040. But how are we going to get there? What is...
12 November 2020
A capacity audience of 1,000 farmers registered for an online Farming Connect webinar when two invited presenters, one a leading Wales-based environmental specialist and the second a policy official from Welsh Government, explained how the Welsh...
11 November 2020
A project which led to a significant improvement in milk quality on dairy farms supplying a Welsh creamery is being rolled out.
Farming Connect, in conjunction with Kite Consulting, is offering an opportunity for a processor...
Farming Connect and Andy Dodd from the Farm Consultancy Group will discuss how the economics of rearing heifer replacements can vary from system to system and how calculating your own rearing costs is the first step in reducing it.
The...
11 November 2020
A Welsh dairy farm is capturing 4,100 litres of milk from forage since improving grassland management.
Bryn Farm at Tremeirchion, Denbighshire, is farmed by three generations - Ivor Hughes, his son, Dilwyn, and grandson, Aled Potts...
10 November 2020
A cow behaviour expert will help dairy farmers learn how to observe the body language of their cows and translate it to herd management at a Farming Connect webinar this month.
Dutch vet Joep Driessen, of...
