News and Events

8 November 2019

Louise Radley: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• To meet the Welsh Government's pledge to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 95% by 2050, a variety of methods and technologies will be required, including carbon capture and storage...

In this episode, Aled and Jim will be talking about the environment and how improving environmental performance can help make farming businesses more sustainable and profitable. Recently, they went along to an event organised by Farming Connect called Farming the...

25 September 2019

Date: 30/09/2019

Location: Gelli Aur College Farm, Llandeilo, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, SA32 8NJ

Time: 10:00 - 15:00

Farming Connect would like to invite farmers to a prosiectslyri event, which is being held in partnership with AHDB...

28 August 2019

Dr William Stiles: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

Take home messages:

• Riparian buffer strips are zones of permanent or semi-permanent vegetation which line the banks of freshwater systems, acting as a barrier between fields and neighbouring watercourses...

 26 June 2019

Dr Peter Wootton-Beard RNutr: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Robotic weeders aim to increase both the precision and automation of weed control through either chemical or mechanical methods, within rows.
• Most rely on rapidly improving vision...