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The use of wool in compost and other alternative applications
23 July 2020
Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Sheep’s wool offers many benefits when used in a mixture as compost or mulch: as a source of slow-release nitrogen and other trace elements, in weed and pest control...
Factors affecting sheep flock productivity
17 July 2020
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Sheep farming globally supplies 3 – 4 % of red meat production with the potential to have an increasing role in future due to sheeps’ natural climate adaptability
- Currently...