Horticulture: May 2021 – June 2022
This dashboard outlines horticulture key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between May 2021 - June 2022.
News and Events
Calf pneumonia cases down to 10% after housing adjustments
1 November 2022
Adjusting housing and feed intakes around weaning has helped a Welsh calf-rearer significantly reduce incidence of pneumonia.
Hugh Jones and his mother, Glenys, who farm at Pentre Farm, Pentrecelyn, source Aberdeen Angus bull calves from Buitelaar...
Gwarmacwydd - Venture - 28/10/2022
Wanted! Keen, capable and competent farmer, committed to sustainable farming, for a share-farming opportunity in West Wales
Do you want to venture into running a farm business? A business where your skills, knowledge and efforts will be recognised and rewarded...
Wanted! Keen, capable and competent farmer, committed to sustainable farming, for a share-farming opportunity in West Wales
27 October 2022
Do you want to venture into running a farm business? A business where your skills, knowledge and efforts will be recognised and rewarded? Would you like the opportunity to be a share partner helping develop that...
The simpler the mix, the better a herbal ley performs, Welsh trial shows
25 October 2022
A herbal ley incorporating fewer species has been found to perform better than a more diverse seed mix with 17 plant varieties, during a trial on a Farming Connect demonstration site.
Aled and Dylan Jones and...
Agroforestry options
25 October 2022
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Agroforestry is receiving a lot of focus for its role in achieving net-zero globally
- Agroforestry offers multiple integration options but it is important to consider what trees to grow...
Episode 71 - Numerous challenges concern new entrants to the egg industry
Cath Price is Farming Connects Lead Dairy and Poultry Technical Officer. At home she also farms with her husband Dan, 20 minutes South of Newtown and have recently invested in a laying hen unit. Their new shed, and first flock...
