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How securing a mentor empowered smallholders with guidance and knowledge
27 March 2024
As new recruits to agroforestry and commercial blueberry production, the learning curve was a steep one for Josh and Abi Heyneke and with, by their own admission, many mistakes made along the way, that all changed...
Farmer encourages 2024 Agri Academy applicants to keep going for it, despite previous unsuccessful attempt
26 March 2024
A young sheep farmer is reaping the benefits of his steadfast determination to get a foothold in farming coupled with an indisputable passion for agriculture.
Dafydd Owen secured a share farming agreement after...
Cwmcowddu Dairy Farm Improves Feed Efficiency, Boosting Profitability and Sustainability
25 March 2024
Cwmcowddu, a mixed farm located in Llangadog, North Carmarthenshire and run by Sian, Aled and Rhodri Davies, is part of the Farming Connect ‘Our Farms’ initiative.
As part of this initiative, Cwmcowddu in collaboration with Dr...
Calf Housing and Bovine Respiratory Disease
Dr Natalie Meades: IBERS, KEHub, Aberystwyth University.
January 2024
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Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is one of the main causes of calf mortality in the UK and can be costly to producers through loss of animals, treatment costs and poor animal...
Farming Connect training courses can help fulfil personal development and strengthen farm practices
21 March 2024
Julie Davies, an active partner in the family business at Upper Court Farms, Hay on Wye, was awarded winner of the Farming Connect Learner of the year in the 41 years and over category. She was...
Plant nursery credits Farming Connect for its impressive business growth
20 March 2024
The owner of a Carmarthenshire plant nursery says utilising Farming Connect services has helped to double the size of his business and increase its workforce to 20 permanent staff.
Richard Bramley established Farmyard Nurseries at Dol...
Measuring helps Welsh sheep farm manage summer grass shortages
Measuring and calculating grass availability is helping a Welsh sheep farm to prevent forage shortfalls by flagging up impending deficits 10 days earlier than through visual assessment alone.
At Hill Farm, near Hay-on-Wye, Sam and Will Sawday and their mother...
Grass management allows livestock farm to up grass production to 13t/ha DM
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...
Grass measuring and budgeting has given a Welsh dairy farmer the confidence to change his fertiliser policy, reducing input costs by £20,000 a year.
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...