News and Events

13 April 2022

Nia Davies: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• The standard of pre-weaning nutrition can have long term effects on the performance of calves
• Feeding either milk replacer or whole milk comes with a variety of considerations
• Do not...

13 April 2022

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Lameness has consistently been amongst the highest impacting diseases of dairy cattle in the UK.
• Average levels of lameness have remained high regardless of resources and programmes aimed at...

This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2021 - November 2021.

This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2021 - November 2021.

This dashboard outlines Venture key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between June 2021 - November 2021.

6 April 2022

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University & Kate Hovers (MRCVS)

• The goat industry appears to be growing both in the UK and globally        
• Optimising production and welfare relating to differing goat biology compared to...

Dairy demonstration site Mountjoy in Treffgarne Pembrokeshire has had considerable success in the use of Selective Dry Cow Therapy to improve udder health as well as reducing the use of antibiotics. Here we see the steps and measures in management...

24 March 2022

Dairy farms involved in a Farming Connect project to tackle issues that impact on milk quality achieved a milk price uplift of up to 4p/litre after applying recommended changes.

Twenty-eight First Milk suppliers, with herds ranging...