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21 December 2021

FCTV - Livestock - 21/12/2021

In this episode of FCTV, we will be concentrating on livestock performance; we will be visiting a dairy farm that uses state-of-the-art technology to control lameness; we will be visiting a farm that focuses on providing gains in suckler cow...

Type: Videos Key Sector: Beef, Dairy, Sheep

Theme: Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

11 November 2021

Key points to reduce your livestock system’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions’ - 11/11/2021

Welsh farming practises are amongst some of the most sustainable and efficient in the world relying on abundant grass and rainfall and non-intensive methods. There is however more room to 'get greener' to reach the #NetZero target by 2050. Here...

Type: Videos Key Sector: Beef, Dairy, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Grassland Management, Woodland Management

25 October 2021

EIP Wales - Controlling malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) in bison, buffalo, and cattle - 25/10/2021

The bison at Rhug Estate are a familiar sight to most who have travelled along the A5. Here's Gareth Jones and Dr Joe Angell explaining how they're looking into how they can protect the herd from a disease called malignant...

Type: Videos Theme: Business, Livestock

Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

23 September 2021

Digital eye detecting cow lameness - 23/09/2021

Sophisticated monitoring technology is helping a Welsh dairy farm spot early signs of lameness in its milking herd. The Evans family had been dedicating a milking each month to visually observing and mobility scoring cows as they walked out of...

Type: Videos Key Sector: Dairy

Theme: Business, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

8 September 2021

FCTV - Innovation - 08/09/2021

We will be visiting farms that have been trialling various technologies and new methods, including special protein crop, an innovative machine to get rid of docks, sensors in the poultry sector a new method of spreading fertiliser and the use...

Type: Videos Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Grassland Management, Innovation

30 July 2021

Digital animal health workshops help to drive performance on Pembrokeshire farm - 30/07/2021

A focus on animal health improvements is driving performance and reducing costs at a Pembrokeshire dairy and livestock farm.

Type: Videos Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Sheep

Theme: Business, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Grassland Management

26 July 2021

FCTV - Infrastructure - 26/07/2021

In this episode we will visit 4 of our demonstration farms, Graig Olway, Cefngwilgy, Hendre Ifan Goch and Bodwi who has invested in infrastructure to improve their farming systems. We’ll also catch up with one of our Pasture Project farms...

Type: Videos Key Sector: Beef, Dairy, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Grass Measurement, Grassland Management, Rotational Grazing

25 June 2021

Episode 45 – Bryn Farm – a diverse rural business with farming at its core

In this episode, we meet Huw Jones who farms with his wife Meinir at Bryn Farm near Cardigan. Together they run a suckler beef enterprise, grow barley, oats and wheat alongside their diversification projects which includes an animal bedding business...

Type: Podcasts Key Sector: Arable, Beef

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Diversification, Rotational Grazing

21 June 2021

Emma and Mari Roberts, Brynaeron Farm - 21/06/2021

From front-line nurse to front-line farmer! This is Emma Roberts and daughter, Mari, who are an important part of ‘Team Roberts’ at Brynaeron, a 360 acre dairy, family farm in Pembrokeshire. Keen to learn all they could about the livestock...

Type: Videos Key Sector: Dairy

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Business Management and Planning, Grassland Management

3 June 2021

Episode 43 - Building an enjoyable and profitable business at Mountjoy Farm, Pembrokeshire

This week the team have been back recording on location and have visited Mountjoy Farm near Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire; one of Farming Connect’s demonstration sites. Mountjoy is a dairy farm run by second generation farmer William Hannah and his family...

Type: Podcasts Key Sector: Dairy

Theme: Business, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare