News and Events

13 May 2022

Welsh farmers have been assured that measures that protect and increase biodiversity on their farms can be easily integrated and have benefits for their livestock.

Farms already have valuable assets in their hedges and trees. By...

Demonstration Sites, located throughout Wales, share examples of best practice, innovation and new technologies.

Focus Sites demonstrate ‘one-off’ projects on a wide range of topics these are to help address opportunities or problems facing the industry.

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This dashboard outlines land key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2021 - November 2021.

For more information on Mentoring, click here. 

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18 February 2022

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Bracken is a significant pest problem across the UK and has been for many years
• Bracken outcompetes other vegetation reducing total biodiversity and impacting landscape usage potential for strategies...

2 February 2022

Dr Emma Davies: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Biological indicators can be used alongside physical and chemical tests to monitor soil quality.
• A thriving soil ecosystem, consisting of diverse communities of microorganisms and soil fauna is associated...

6 December 2021

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• VPD is a pressure difference between the inside of plants and the surrounding environment which impacts water flow, growth efficiency and carbon fixation
• Accurately controlling VPD can lead to...