News and Events

Dr Elizabeth Hart: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

Take home messages:

• The application of alternative measures to reduce the reliance on anthelmintics to treat parasites in livestock are an important issue.
• The rate of larval migration upon pastures largely depends on the...

17 May 2018

Lamb producers in the Welsh uplands are being urged to consider planting new hedges and trees and

restore neglected woodland and hedges to increase shelter after one of the harshest springs on record has taken its...

16 May 2018

Dr Elizabeth Hart: Farming Connect Knowledge Exchange Hub, IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

Take home messages:

• Current research aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, particularly enteric methane.
• Methane production comes from a community of microbes within the...

11 May 2018

Farming Connect’s campaign to support Welsh farmers with improving water quality has reached Anglesey; two events have been held to outline the support available from Farming Connect and to highlight how farmers can reduce agricultural pollution...

11 May 2018

Farming Connect are urging those thinking of going into pig farming, established pig farmers and hobby pig keepers to visit at this year’s Royal Welsh Spring Festival, which will take place at the Llanelwedd showground...

10 May 2018

Soil nutrient mapping is allowing a Pembrokeshire arable and livestock farm to adjust its fertiliser application rate within a single field – targeting higher inputs on areas with a poor nutrient status and reducing inputs on...