25 October 2019
Controlling docks could improve grass dry matter (DM)/hectare (ha) on Welsh grassland farms by over 10%.
Docks are one of the most economically damaging weeds in grassland, competing directly with grass and reducing yield, farmers...
Aled Jones and Jim Ellis will be finding out more about the benefits of rotational grazing with James Daniels of Precision Grazing and visiting Rhidian Glyn at Rhiwgriafol Farm and Irwel Jones at Aberbranddu Farm.
Below is the 23rd 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...
11 September 2019
A Pembrokeshire dairy farmer is growing multi species leys to boost soil health and protect feed supply from dry conditions during the growing season.
Andrew Rees, a Farming Connect Demonstration Farmer, reseeded 5.7 hectares (ha)...
10 September 2019
“Multicut” is a term that has become widely used to describe a silage system which starts with an earlier first cut, followed by more frequent cuts throughout the summer.
Why multicut?
The system allows the...
2 September 2019
Dr Shikha Ojha: IBERS, Aberystwyth University
29 August 2019
Geraint and Rachel Davies took over the family farm at Fedw Arian Uchaf, Bala, in 2011 but, because there had been no reseeding or nutrient management programme for over 20 years, grass production was poor...
31 July 2019
Dr Peter Wootton-Beard RNutr: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
