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An organic beef farm is capturing an additional 0.4kg/head of daily liveweight gain from yearling cattle at grass since establishing a rotational grazing system.

The cattle at Penrhiw Farm, near Llandysul, Ceredigion, were traditionally set stocked, but Phil Cowcher and...

Rhys was employed as an agricultural contractor after periods of working on farms but his ambition was to get a foothold on the farming ladder.

With assistance from Farming Connect’s ‘Venture’ initiative, he has achieved that goal, farming in...

Recent events on the subject of gilt management were held in collaboration with Menter Moch Cymru in North and South Wales with Harper Adams University’s Senior Pig Lecturer, Alan Stewart. The events were targeted for pig producers to provide...

As a £10 million initiative to eradicate bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) from Wales’ national cattle herd gets underway, farmers are urged to take advantage of free testing and veterinary support now or face possible compulsory testing at their own expense in...

Poultry manure management

Take home messages:

• Poultry manure is rich in nutrients making it an effective fertiliser.
• Initial composting can improve the nutrient composition of this material.
• Guidance should be sought from the APHA before moving it between farms...

Take home messages:

• Vertical farming is a system of food production in controlled, indoor environments
• This allows factory style precision agriculture
• This approach can reduce the environmental impact and the influence of environmental variability associated with future climate change on...

Take home messages:

• The cost for genotyping has now significantly reduced; therefore more animals are being routinely genotyped.
• Genomic selection not only allows for the better selection of animals for the herd but also better accuracy in breeding pair selection...

Farming Connect has selected two of Wales’ most iconic attractions to stage this year’s highly anticipated Women in Agriculture Forums, which are now an acknowledged highlight of the year for many women working within the industry in Wales. 

Building on...

Farmers were given a chance to visit Nant yr Efail Farm, Betws yn Rhos, which is a family farm with 700 ewes, lambs and rams, and beef cows for a Farming Connect open day.

Gethin Owen and his father...

Switching from a traditional three-cut silage system to cutting more frequently has lifted forage quality at a Carmarthenshire college farm.

Gelli Aur, a Farming Connect Innovation Site and host of the recent Royal Welsh Muck and Soil Event 2017, is trialling...