News and Events
WEBINAR: Mobility matters: tackling lameness in the dairy herd - 01/09/2020
Join Farming Connect and Sara Perdersen, cattle health and production specialist for a webinar focusing on dairy cattle health. It is widely recognised that healthy feet results in greater production levels, but to make a difference you need to get...
WEBINAR: Preparing for winter housing - 27/08/2020
Farming Connect and Sam Evans, a consultant with Kite Consulting discuss how to prepare for winter, ensuring every aspect of cow management is geared towards optimising performance.
During the webinar Sam covers the following:
- Address cubicle comfort and feed access
- Plan winter...
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...
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...
Dairy farm aims to reduce annual fertiliser nitrogen input costs by £5,000
6 August 2020
Grassland farmers could reduce their overall nitrogen (N) input and maintain profitability with simple improvements to soil and nutrient management.
Independent grassland and soil specialist Chris Duller has been working with Farming Connect demonstration farmer William...