News and Events
WEBINAR: Demo farm live: Wern - 19/08/2020
Live from Wern, Y Foel, our Poultry Demonstration Site.
We have two exiting projects to discuss from Wern, including:
- Reducing Second Quality Eggs
- Controlling air, litter and water quality to enhance bird health and increase productivity
During the live event...
WEBINAR: Financial top tips for farmers - 18/08/2020
Iorwerth Williams from Dunn & Ellis accountants provides advice and suggestions on how to look at the financial side of your farming business.
During the webinar Iorwerth covers the following:
- The importance of looking at the farm as a business and...
Part 2: Greenhouse gases produced in pig rearing
18 August 2020
Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- When excluding feed production, manure produces the most greenhouse gases in the process of pig rearing.
- Housing has a significant impact on nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions, with slatted...
Farming Connect’s face-to-face outdoor training underway again
18 August 2020
Due to the restrictions of Covid 19, although it’s not ‘training as usual’ as yet for Farming Connect, face-to-face training courses held exclusively outdoors can now resume immediately. This means that provided the Welsh Government’s current...
Part 1: Greenhouse gases produced in pig rearing
17 August 2020
Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- The environmental impact of livestock production is currently under intense scrutiny, often with a focus on ruminants but it is important to consider the contribution of monogastric animals too...
Improving egg value on agenda at Welsh poultry farm live broadcast
17 August 2020
Free range egg producers can get top tips on reducing the percentage of second quality eggs laid by their flocks during a live broadcast from a poultry farm this month.
Wern Farm, a Farming Connect demonstration...