Dan & Cath Price, poultry farmers - 28/09/2021
Young poultry farmers avoid falling ‘fowl’ of the rules thanks to guidance from Farming Connect!
Young poultry farmers avoid falling ‘fowl’ of the rules thanks to guidance from Farming Connect!
Variable Milking Times
Our second Zoom Around the World adventure, we’re taking you on a long-haul flight to the Southern Hemisphere to meet a group of like-minded business owners who have reformed their farming systems by transitioning milk production to...
23 September 2021
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
With the growing interest in pick your own (PYO) pumpkin enterprises as a diversification opportunity for farmers, Farming Connect recently hosted an on-farm event at Aberbran Fawr near Brecon to discuss the key points to consider. In this episode, we...
23 September 2021
Grassland farmers aiming to maximise the nitrogen-fixing and livestock performance benefits of clover are being advised to aim for a minimum annual average of 20% in their swards.
“If it’s not 20% clover, it’s not doing...
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...
22 September 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...
21 September 2021
When young farmers Dan and Cath Price hatched a plan for their own large-scale poultry enterprise at the family farm in Llaithddu, near Newtown, they turned to Farming Connect for the support and specialist knowledge they...
Mostyn Kitchen Garden, a social enterprise established in 2011 grows fruit and veg in the Mostyn Estate Victorian Kitchen Gardens.
With the aim of making the most of the fresh produce harvested from the garden, produce is pickled and preserved...
20 September 2021
Halving the rate of fertiliser nitrogen (N) applied to grassland through the summer has resulted in a grass yield penalty of just 5% during a trial at a Pembrokeshire dairy farm.
Mountjoy, a Farming Connect...