Background
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is a zoonotic notifiable disease in cattle caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium bovis.
Early efforts at detecting TB in cattle relied solely on physical examination of the animal, but despite the fact that there were...
The Glastir Woodland Creation scheme provides financial support for new planting. Financial support is also available...
By, Dr. Ruth Wonfor, IBERS, Aberystwyth University
Researchers at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University have recently led a European collaborative review summarising present research in mathematical modelling of European ruminant production under climate change. The...
By, William Stiles, IBERS, Prifysgol Aberystwyth
Manmade emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane have resulted in considerable increases in global atmospheric concentrations of carbon, which have modified natural carbon cycles. Such changes to the carbon cycle can influence...
Here's Gethin Davies our Red Meat Technical Officer for North Wales visiting Pen y Gelli, one of our focus sites to see their new rotational grazing system.
English Subtitles available on YouTube.
By Dr Catherine Nakielny, Farming Connect Red Meat Technical Officer
We are fortunate in the sheep industry that breeding ewes are extremely efficient with the ability to rear their own body-weight every 12 months. Capitalising on this efficiency does however...
A new entrant dairy farmer who is converting his system to organic is tapping into the knowledge and expertise of a milk producer who started his own business from scratch 20 years ago.
Michael Houlden runs a herd of...
Young farmer Dylan Hughes and his wife Hanna, both 29 years old, farm 64 acres near Holywell in Flintshire, a combination of owned and rented land. In recent years, the main farming enterprise has been the purchase of cross-bred calves...
By William Stiles, IBERS, Aberystwyth University
Woodland patches and hedgerows are essential components of the agri-ecosystem. The resource of trees and hedgerows on farms has declined in the UK in the twentieth century, due primarily to agricultural intensification which has driven...
