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FC - Issue 36 - November/December 2021
Below is the 36th 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...
Key points to reduce your livestock system’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions’ - 11/11/2021
Welsh farming practises are amongst some of the most sustainable and efficient in the world relying on abundant grass and rainfall and non-intensive methods. There is however more room to 'get greener' to reach the #NetZero target by 2050.
Here...
Trees and hedgerows - agriculture's active assets in climate change mitigation - 10/11/2021
In this video, Geraint Jones, Farming Connect Forestry Technical Officer presents how trees and hedgerows - natural assets found on many Welsh farms, can be strategically utilised to help mitigate the effects of climate change.
Whilst recognising their importance, it...
Unlocking the potential of alternative crops: new income and environmental sustainability
15 October 2021
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- UK crop and pasture practices heavily focus on traditional methodologies which can cause climate impacts and be susceptible to high variability in profit margins
- Alternative crop and pasture systems...
Biodiversity on Pentre Demonstration Farm - 13/07/2021
"Biodiversity on our farms" Forging a clear connection between habitat management on farm working hand in hand with food production whilst improving the environmental performance of our farms.
How can changing land management approaches help to achieve net zero?
4 June 2021
Dr William Stiles: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
- Current land management approaches will need to change in order to meet the challenges associated with net zero emissions.
- This will include increasing land management practices...
Reducing emissions and improving biodiversity can go hand in hand with making your business more profitable
26 May 2021
Agriculture accounts for around 12% of Wales' GHG emissions, and it has a crucial role to play in helping Wales meet its commitment to achieve ‘net zero’ emissions by 2050.
Similarly, agriculture is central to addressing...
Using a natural capital approach to value land management approaches
21 May 2021
Dr William Stiles: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
- Natural capital is the part of nature that delivers goods and services of value to human societies.
- Increasingly, the value of natural capital is being incorporated...