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FC - Issue 15
Below is the 15th 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...
Rotational grazing; Implications for worm larvae burdens on pasture
Dr Elizabeth Hart: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
- The application of alternative measures to reduce the reliance on anthelmintics to treat parasites in livestock are an important issue.
- The rate of larval migration upon pastures largely depends on the...
Selective forage plant breeding and pasture management: the potential to improve methane mitigation and animal performance
16 May 2018
Dr Elizabeth Hart: Farming Connect Knowledge Exchange Hub, IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
- Current research aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, particularly enteric methane.
- Methane production comes from a community of microbes within the...
Better soil management: soil biology
30 April 2018
Dr William Stiles: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
- Soil organisms are essential components of a healthy, functioning soil.
- Numerous soil processes are influenced by the size and diversity of soil organism communities.
- The activities...
Welsh Pasture Project spring 2018
27 April 2018
After one of the most challenging spring periods in recent memory for grassland management the recent warm and dry weather has highlighted even further the importance of robust grass measuring and management to ensure grass...
Master Grass helps dairy farmers hone their grassland management skills
24 April 2018
In a year when Welsh dairy farms have experienced one of the most difficult springs for grazing their herds, Farming Connect is helping milk producers become better grassland managers.
Some of the UK and Ireland’s...
An organic livestock demonstration site has increased suckler cow numbers by 50% by splitting fields into paddocks and rotationally grazing the herd
16 April 2018
An organic livestock demonstration site has increased suckler cow numbers by 50% by splitting fields into paddocks and rotationally grazing the herd.
Gwyn and Delyth Parry converted their system to organic in 2008 and, in...
FC - Issue 14
Below is the 14th 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...