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Home-rearing bull beef on ad-lib concentrates and straw has worked out marginally cheaper for a Welsh suckler enterprise than out-sourcing the job to a finishing unit.
9 December 2020
The Griffith family run a herd of 145 Stabiliser cows at Bodwi, near Pwllheli, and had historically finished half their bull beef animals themselves and the others at a specialist unit in Yorkshire.
As a...
Ewe lambs can eat 3% of liveweight per day on well managed Fodder beet
9 December 2020
Ewe lambs and yearlings can eat more than three per cent of their liveweight a day grazing fodder beet but the crop must have good leaf cover and be correctly allocated to achieve this intake for...
Welsh Pasture Project beef farm extends its grazing season by two and a half months with better grassland management
3 December 2020
A family farm rearing beef heifers on marginal land in South Wales has shortened its winter by two and a half months since improving grassland management.
The John family buy 80 Limousin heifer calves a year...
Additional support to increase your efficiency and boost profits for all eligible land-based businesses in Wales
26 November 2020
Need help with a business plan, advice about adding value to your business by looking at your livestock, land or diversifying opportunities, or guidance to identify any issues which might be preventing your business from operating...
Arable: October 2019 – September 2020
This dashboard outlines arable key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between October 2019 - September 2020.
FC - Issue 30 - November/December 2020
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...
Cost saving wins can be captured in beef systems with earlier finishing
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...
Paddock grazing helping dairy farm capture nearly two thirds of milk from forage
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...