News and Events
WEBINAR: Women in Agriculture - Anna Truesdale: The importance of online marketing within agriculture - 17/06/2020
Anna Truesdale has over 23k followers on Instagram. On a day-to-day basis, she gives her followers an insight to the farm and the work she undertakes within the industry. Watch this webinar to discover:
- Her journey in becoming a social media...
Making silage in hot weather
11 June 2020
Whilst many farmers will welcome hot and dry weather when making their silage, it does bring different challenges. In drought conditions, we must focus on ensuring that we have high quality silage, accepting that crop yield...
Agricultural infrastructure: Part 2 Climate adaptations and mitigations
11 June 2020
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Agricultural infrastructure is vital for the functionality of the sector but also acts as a source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
- Whilst mitigation strategies are available or in development...
Agricultural infrastructure: Part 1 Climate impacts
10 June 2020
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Agricultural infrastructure has multiple areas where direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions can occur
- On-farm infrastructure as well as national/global level infrastructure both act as areas of potential GHG...
Mastitis in cows? Fluke in sheep? Watery mouth, lameness or parasitic issues? Medicating farm animals isn’t always the answer!
8 June 2020
One of Farming Connect’s latest one-to-one digital training offers is helping farmers avoid the use of unnecessary veterinary medicines.
‘Prevention is better than cure when it comes to administering veterinary medicines to farm animals,’ according to...
WEBINAR: Improving fertility of a split block calving system - 04/06/2020
Join Farming Connect and vet Kate Burnby, the specialist consultant in a project at Nantglas demonstration site, to discuss what changes can contribute to improved fertility and tightened calving block.
- What is an achievable tight calving pattern?
- Planning & goal...
Grazed grass intakes increase in high yielding Holstein herd with better grass management
4 June 2020
A Welsh dairy farm is proving that it is possible to run a high yielding Holstein herd on a grazing system.
Paddock grazing is commonly associated with block-calving herds of cows bred specifically for producing milk...