29 January 2019
A poultry vet says strict on-farm biosecurity combined with vaccination will help Welsh egg and broiler producers continue their remarkable downward trend in antibiotic use.
Ian Jones, of the Hafren Veterinary Group in mid-Wales, says poultry...
28 January 2019
At drying off, Goldsland Farm at Wenvoe, Cardiff, uses antibiotics in less than 20% of the 200-cow Holstein and Dairy Shorthorn herd, opting instead for selective dry cow therapy (SDCT).
Abi Reader, a Farming Connect...
22 January 2019
Have you got what it takes to be a rural leader, an innovator or entrepreneur? Are you determined and focused about working in the agriculture, forestry or food related industries and professions?
Farming Connect’s recruitment...
18 January 2019
‘Time to recharge’, the key theme at the next Wales Farming Conference, will be reflected in an address from internationally renowned speaker Chris Moon MBE, a former British army officer who in 1995, lost both...
18 January 2019
Two of America’s most progressive dairy farmers, who have pushed forward with strategies designed to get the best from people and cows, will give an insight into their business philosophy when they meet Welsh farmers...
18 January 2019
Three farmers who have travelled the globe researching topics ranging from soil health to conservation grazing will present their findings at the Wales Farming Conference in February.
Powys livestock farmer Richard Tudor will be joined...
16 January 2019
The group, led by Cath Price, travelled to Belfast for a three-day agriculture visit using Farming Connect Study Visit funding. Already part of an Agrisgôp group, members wanted to explore farming practices in Northern Ireland...
