FCTV - Nutrition - 23/01/2023
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.
News and Events
Episode 71 - Numerous challenges concern new entrants to the egg industry
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...
FCTV - Input costs - 17/10/2022
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.
A challenging season for the Welsh Pasture Project’s experienced grazing managers
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...
Nitrogen and agriculture – where do we stand?
27/09/2022 Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University The development of synthetic nitrogen (N) production allowed a boom in agricultural yields and population growth worldwide Whilst N is growth-limiting, it is regularly applied at levels where less than half is used...
Farm anchors soils by switching reseeding strategy in boost for business and nature
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 to...
Welsh livestock farm plans feed budget now to avoid winter fodder deficit
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 simple...
Episode 67 - Forage based regenerative farming with Marc Jones at Trefnant Hall, Welshpool
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...
FCTV - Silage - 27/06/2022
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...
Drones and satellites can help grassland farmers make better use of inputs and inform reseeding decisions, a trial in Wales has shown.
21 April 2022 The farm-level project in Wales established that remote sensors can provide important information on how grass responds to inputs in greater detail and more rapidly than if farmers manually measured with a rising plate meter. Tramline trials...