News and Events
Working Towards a More Sustainable Future: Breeding Sheep for Resistance and Resilience to Gastrointestinal Nematodes
Dr Natalie Meades: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
December 2023
- Gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) can have damaging effects on animal performance, health and welfare and are estimated to cost the UK sheep sector a considerable amount of money each year from loss of...
Farm teams up with Farming Connect to accelerate genetic potential of dairy herd
08 February 2024
A Conwy dairy farm is harnessing the power of genomics in a bid to accelerate genetic progress in its split block calving herd.
Rhydeden Farm, a 100-hectare holding, produces milk from 175 spring calving cows and...
Young entrant helps pig farmers solve succession dilemma
07 February 2024
A new share farming agreement on a Carmarthenshire heritage pig farm has provided an exciting business opportunity for a first-generation farmer and a succession strategy for the owners.
Hugh and Katharine Brookes had spent six years...
Dairy farm switches to grazing fodder beet as high-quality winter feed
06 February 2024
Grazing fodder beet as a winter crop for beef and dairy cattle is reducing wintering costs at a Pembrokeshire farm.
The James family currently grow 10 hectares (ha) for wintering dairy beef stores produced by their...
Future Opportunities for Sheep Genetics in Wales: Breeding for Improved Wool Quality
Dr Natalie Meades: IBERS, KEHub, Aberystwyth University.
January 2024
The shearing of a sheep’s fleece is a welfare essential animal husbandry practice that helps to protect sheep from ectoparasites and from developing heat stress in the summer months...
Strategies to Control Docks on Farm
Dr Natalie Meades: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
December 2023
- Docks are perennial weeds that compete with forages of nutritional importance for livestock production. A heavy presence of docks within pastures and grasslands can be problematic where they can reduce forage productivity...
Episode 93 - Staff Management series- Episode 2: Staff contracts
Rhian Price is joined by Rhodri Jones, Director at Rural Advisor. Rhodri is a qualified solicitor that specialises in rural legal matters. Along side his work commitments he also farms a spring calving herd at Llanerfyl, Montgomeryshire with his wife...
Working Towards a More Sustainable Future: Breeding sheep for lower methane emissions
Dr Natalie Meades: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
December 2023
- Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that has a high global warming potential. Within the agricultural industry ruminants are identified as being high emitters of methane, where enteric fermentation accounts for a...