A Welsh beef and sheep farmer is able to carry a similar number of livestock to the headage he farmed before his land base was cut by 41 per cent because improved grassland management means he can grow 13t/ha dry...
Huw Williams milks 250 autumn-calving Holstein Friesians at Ffordd Las, near Ruthin, where feed from high quality grazed grass and silage drives production.
He shares his grass growth data through the Farming Connect Welsh Pasture Project, measuring grass weekly to...
To produce high-quality milk and keep its dairy cows healthy, Maesllwch Home Farm in the Wye Valley needs to grow plenty of good grass.
Achieving that comes from measuring yields weekly to monitor sward performance.
“Grass is a key driver...
18 March 2024
A Welsh beef farm is making changes to calf rearing management to improve its future sustainability.
The Jones’ family have around 300 beef cattle, ideally sourcing calves from local dairy farms at around 10 days old...
This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between April – October 2023
13 March 2024
It takes courage and vision to re-mortgage the family home to buy land to grow organic vegetables and flowers on a commercial scale, but Emma Maxwell and Dave Ashley made that bold decision and...
Katherine and Dave Langton, Langtons Farm, Llangoedmor, Cardigan are focusing on extending the season of tomato production for a wholesale distribution supply chain.
Laura Pollock, Lower House Farm has explored the best methods for the establishment of a Pick your Own pumpkin horticulture venture.
In this short episode, Farming Connect's Horticulture officer Hannah Norman is joined by Alex Cook, Bremenda Isaf, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire who will discuss their up an coming trial of legume-cereal intercropping techniques for production of food for human consumption.
Dr Natalie Meades: IBERS, KEHub, Aberystwyth University.
February 2024
