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Join Farming Connect and independent sheep specialist Lesley Stubbings to learn more about how body condition scoring can be used as a tool to improve flock health and performance.

As well as a general discussion on body condition scoring and...

Making sure you stay connected during these unprecedented times.

Live from Wern, Y Foel, our Poultry Demonstration Site.

We have two exiting projects to discuss from Wern, including:

1. Reducing Second Quality Eggs
2. Controlling air, litter and water quality to enhance bird health and increase productivity

During the live event...

Iorwerth Williams from Dunn & Ellis accountants provides advice and suggestions on how to look at the financial side of your farming business.
During the webinar Iorwerth covers the following:

• The importance of looking at the farm as a business and...

18 August 2020

Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• When excluding feed production, manure produces the most greenhouse gases in the process of pig rearing.
• Housing has a significant impact on nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions, with slatted...

18 August 2020

Due to the restrictions of Covid 19, although it’s not ‘training as usual’ as yet for Farming Connect, face-to-face training courses held exclusively outdoors can now resume immediately. This means that provided the Welsh Government’s current...

17 August 2020

Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• The environmental impact of livestock production is currently under intense scrutiny, often with a focus on ruminants but it is important to consider the contribution of monogastric animals too...