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Production efficiency key to reducing carbon footprint on Welsh dairy farms
8 March 2022
Many Welsh dairy farms will need to increase production efficiency to reduce their carbon footprint and meet market and policy-driven emissions targets.
During a recent Farming Connect webinar, agricultural consultant Diane Spence advised farmers that agriculture...
Episode 58 - Give rotational grazing a try this Spring
Agricultural inflation has become a big issue in farming over the past twelve months, with substantial increases in input costs, particularly fertiliser and feed. That’s why we invited James Daniel of Precision Grazing to join us on this episode to...
The impact of herbal leys on the health and performance of grazing lambs
3 March 2022
Dr Emma Davies: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Herbal leys can significantly improve the nutritional value of grassland when compared to conventional perennial ryegrass and clover swards.
- Grassland species containing high levels of secondary metabolites, particularly tannins...
Novel ewe colostrum study shows significance of late pregnancy nutrition
17 February 2022
Ewe nutrition in late pregnancy has been suggested as the major influence on colostrum quality in a new study.
In what is thought to be the largest recorded data-set for ovine colostrum collected under commercial farming...
Rhifyn 57 - Fferm fynydd bîff a defaid sydd ddim yn aros yn llonydd
“Gallwn ddim aros yn llonydd, rhaid inni edrych ymlaen i’r dyfodol”. Dyna’r neges gan y ddau frawd, Aled a Dylan Jones o Fferm Rhiwaedog ger y Bala. Fel Fferm Arddangos Cyswllt Ffermio, mae Aled a Dylan wedi bod yn treiali...
Securing Master Slurry workshop place a priority amid rising fertiliser prices
15 February 2022
With the high cost of purchased fertiliser concentrating farmers’ minds on the nutrients in farm slurry and manure, an opportunity to learn more about exploiting the value in those is still available in Wales.
There are...
Grassland trial confirms sulphur application as an economically valuable input
10 February 2022
Applying fertilisers enhanced with selenium and sulphur has been shown to boost levels of selenium in grassland by up to five times, and to increase grass yield by up to 11%, during a Farming Connect trial...
Growing crops for the pharmaceutical industry
7 February 2022
Dr Emma Davies: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Growing pharmaceutical crops could be an innovative way to diversify a farm business.
- As pharmaceutical crops are grown for a specialist end market, identifying the buyer of the pharmaceutical...
Grassland farmers can mitigate against impact on grass growth of applying less N
7 February 2022
Improving efficiency through better soil, grazing and slurry management can help grassland farmers reduce the negative impact on grass growth from reducing nitrogen (N) inputs.
Fertiliser price rises will add 3p/litre to milk production costs this...