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FC - Issue 19
Below is the 19th 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 our...
Setting reasonable goals can help Welsh farm businesses improve.
8 February 2019
At the annual Wales Farming Conference in Builth Wells, Wisconsin dairy farmer Lloyd Holterman insisted that every farm needed key performance indicators (KPIs) to progress.
“Farmers have to constantly improve their businesses to move forward...
Targeted antibiotic use in combination with improved herd management is allowing a Welsh dairy farm to reduce its level of treatments with antimicrobials.
28 January 2019
At drying off, Goldsland Farm at Wenvoe, Cardiff, uses antibiotics in less than 20% of the 200-cow Holstein and Dairy Shorthorn herd, opting instead for selective dry cow therapy (SDCT).
Abi Reader, a Farming Connect...
Nuffield Scholars to share research findings at Wales Farming Conference
18 January 2019
Three farmers who have travelled the globe researching topics ranging from soil health to conservation grazing will present their findings at the Wales Farming Conference in February.
Powys livestock farmer Richard Tudor will be joined...
Milk producers cross the Atlantic to share success tips with Welsh farmers
18 January 2019
Two of America’s most progressive dairy farmers, who have pushed forward with strategies designed to get the best from people and cows, will give an insight into their business philosophy when they meet Welsh farmers...
Metabolic Profiling of dairy cows to improve efficiency and production
10 January 2019
Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- The time just before and just after birth is very demanding for animals in terms of energy.
- Inadequate management during this period can often cause serious and costly diseases.
- Metabolic...