News and Events
Episode 13 - Magic Day and the value of spring grass with Rhys Williams, Precision Grazing Ltd - 20/03/2020
Listen to our latest Podcast with Rhys Williams, Precsion Grazing Ltd. Rhys highlights the value of spring grass and discusses how best to utilise it during the challenging spring of 2020.
Project Update - Wet weather makes turnout decisions difficult at Erw Fawr
3 March 2020
Written by Rhys Davies, Farming Connect Dairy Technical Officer.
Despite having good infrastructure to allow for early grazing, the recent wet, unsettled weather has made early turnout decisions difficult at Erw Fawr. Low yielders have...
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – A bird’s-eye view in agriculture
20 February 2020
David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- UAV technologies are becoming more affordable, increasing the feasibility of their use within smaller-scale agricultural ventures
- Currently, the major focus of UAVs in agriculture is within the arable sector, with functionality...
FC - Issue 25 - January/February 2020
Below is the 25th 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...
Dairy Dashboard: September – December 2019
This dashboard outlines dairy key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between September 2019 - December 2019.
Land: August 2019 – November 2019
This dashboard outlines land key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2019 - November 2019.
The fight against weeds is heating up - electrophysical dock control EIP Wales project
10 January 2020
Two dairy farmers near Raglan, Monmouthshire, are taking part in an EIP Wales project which is one of the first of its kind in the UK to investigate how electrophysical weeding can reduce our dependency on...