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WEBINAR: Financial top tips for farmers - 18/08/2020
Iorwerth Williams from Dunn & Ellis accountants provides advice and suggestions on how to look at the financial side of your farming business.
During the webinar Iorwerth covers the following:
- The importance of looking at the farm as a business and...
Part 2: Greenhouse gases produced in pig rearing
18 August 2020
Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- When excluding feed production, manure produces the most greenhouse gases in the process of pig rearing.
- Housing has a significant impact on nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions, with slatted...
Farming Connect’s face-to-face outdoor training underway again
18 August 2020
Due to the restrictions of Covid 19, although it’s not ‘training as usual’ as yet for Farming Connect, face-to-face training courses held exclusively outdoors can now resume immediately. This means that provided the Welsh Government’s current...
Part 1: Greenhouse gases produced in pig rearing
17 August 2020
Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- The environmental impact of livestock production is currently under intense scrutiny, often with a focus on ruminants but it is important to consider the contribution of monogastric animals too...
Improving egg value on agenda at Welsh poultry farm live broadcast
17 August 2020
Free range egg producers can get top tips on reducing the percentage of second quality eggs laid by their flocks during a live broadcast from a poultry farm this month.
Wern Farm, a Farming Connect demonstration...
WEBINAR: Are your trees fit for purpose and working for the farm? - 13/08/2020
An informative webinar about the work undertaken at Fedw Arian Uchaf to assess the hedgerows and the planning undertaken to develop them as a multi-functional resource. Geraint Jones, Farming Connect Forestry Technical Officer presents on the following topics:
- Are the hedges fit...
Webinar: Preparing for a successful tupping - 11/08/2020
John Vipond discusses the importance of preparing both ewes and rams prior to tupping.
During the webinar John covers the following:
- Condition scoring – when to check and what to do about getting ewes in optimum condition.
- How to improve ewe to...
Ear to the Ground Podcast - 07/08/2020
The Farming Connect Ear to the Ground podcast has now recorded a year's worth of content, attracting 10,000 downloads during the period. Remember that you can listen to any of these at your convenience.
WEBINAR: Considerations and planning a multi-cut silage system - 06/08/2020
Is a multi-cut silage system an option for you? If so, planning is key for a successful multi-cut silage system.
Richard Gibb, an independent consultant specialising in silage discusses the results of introducing a multi-cut silage system at one of...