25 January 2021
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Below is the 31st 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 our...
41 farmers, a mixture of dairy, beef and sheep from a range of different land types and systems across Wales have been measuring their pasture regularly since the Welsh Pasture Project started in September. Dairy farmers measured grass on a...
14 January 2021
A Welsh upland farm is spending less on feed and fertiliser and is finishing lambs four weeks earlier since improving soils and animal health management.
The Davies family farm 320 acres at Waen Gwyn, Cefn Coch, Welshpool...
14 January 2021
Grazing fodder beet can provide winter feed for all classes of dairy stock for as little as 5p/kg of dry matter (DM).
At half the cost of grass silage, it is a crop that could be...
8 January 2021
Forage analysis is the starting point to managing ewe nutrition successfully in the run-up to lambing, advises sheep consultant Lesley Stubbings.
The nutrient level of forages will inform what level of supplementation flocks need in late-pregnancy...
This dashboard outlines land key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2020 – November 2020.
This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2020 – November 2020.
4 January 2021
Sheep farmers should avoid feeding heavily pregnant ewes more than 0.5kg of concentrates in a single feed, a vet has advised.
A ewe’s daily nutrition requirements in the third trimester is best allocated over two feeds...
