06 February 2024
Grazing fodder beet as a winter crop for beef and dairy cattle is reducing wintering costs at a Pembrokeshire farm.
The James family currently grow 10 hectares (ha) for wintering dairy beef stores produced by their...
With input costs being very high at the moment, it is important that we look very closely at costs and how we feed our animals.
Cath Price is Farming Connects Lead Dairy and Poultry Technical Officer. At home she also farms with her husband Dan, 20 minutes South of Newtown and have recently invested in a laying hen unit. Their new shed, and first flock...
Welcome to this edition of FCTV where we will visit farmers who have set out to look carefully at their production costs and undertake changes towards these.
Richard Rees
Farm name and location: Penmaen Bach, Pennal, Machynlleth
Sector: Red Meat (Sheep)
Being lightly stocked, we have been lucky over the last couple of months; we have managed to keep average farm cover fairly consistent around 2200kgDM/ha, with...
27/09/2022
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University
22/09/2022
Welsh farms are losing 5t/acre of soil every time the thickness equivalent of a one-pence coin is eroded from fields left bare in the winter.
“That soil isn’t replaced, and that’s your livelihoods being washed away; you need...
11 August 2022
Drawing up a feed budget has allowed a Powys livestock farm to make decisions on winter feed early, before any potential deficits occur, in what has been a challenging growing year for farmers across Wales.
The...
In this episode our Red Meat Technical Officer Lisa Roberts revisit's Marc Jones and his family at Trefnant Hall, Welshpool. Marc was deservedly rewarded last year with the British Grassland Society 'grassland farmer of the year' award. Lisa and Marc...
Over the winter, silage is the backbone of the feed system on most farms here in Wales, so it is vital that we get that management right. During this programme, we will visit farms that have changed their silage systems...
