Noel Gowan, Grasstec - Planning an early spring at Trawscoed
Noel Gowan, Grasstec discussing planning an early spring turnout to keep production costs down at Trawscoed, one of Farming Connect's Innovation sites.
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Improve your farm and forestry skill set through Farming Connect fully funded e-learning courses – at a time and place that suits you!
Farming Connect has added to its range of fully-funded e-learning interactives which now cover a wide variety of topics ranging from liverfluke to the benefits of using high sugar grasses and from grazing management to farm finance.
With all modules designed to...
Diary Marker: Piglet Survival event 15.02.17
IMPROVING piglet survival and reducing pre-weaning mortality rates can significantly increase herd productivity and performance, which in turn may help boost business profitability. Join Farming Connect and highly respected pig vet Bob Stevenson to learn more about improving piglet survival...
Plan grazing to make the most of grass
Measuring grass and planning a spring grazing rotation are some of the key things farmers can do now to maximise grass utilisation and cut down on expensive feed bills.
At an event yesterday at Trawscoed, near Aberystwyth – a Farming Connect...
The sky is the limit for a young Pwllheli farmer and entrepreneur
Who would have spotted the synergy between farming and photography? Not everyone perhaps, but Jim Ellis (22) is a not only a dynamic and ambitious young farmer, he is also a young entrepreneur whose innovative ideas are already starting to...
Maximise performance by tailoring nutritional requirements of in-lamb ewes
To maximise flock performance, it is important to feed ewes according to their needs at different stages of production, as good ewe nutrition impacts on lamb survival and growth rates. Formulating rations based on forage will help optimise health and welfare...
Farming Connect Agri Academy 2017 – the search is on for the next generation of rural leaders and entrepreneurs…and last year’s candidates are persuasive advocates!
The Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths, has officially launched Farming Connect’s prestigious personal development programme, the Agri-Academy, during the Farmers’ Union of Wales annual farmhouse breakfast at the Pierhead Building in Cardiff Bay on 24 January 2017...
Can increasing plant species richness in grassland maintain yield and improve soil carbon storage?
Dr William Stiles: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
- Increasing grassland plant species richness can increase farmland biodiversity and offer suitable yield levels for grazing animals or hay production.
- Reducing grassland management intensity can limit carbon loss from soil and...
Farming Connect urges farmers and foresters to focus on the areas of business they can control in an ever-changing industry
Farmers and foresters from across Wales are invited to attend the Farming Connect Wales Farmers’ Forum which will take place from 10am – 4pm on Thursday, 2 February 2017 at Hafod a Hendre, Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd.
Eirwen Williams, Director at...
Grazing lambs on forage crops grown in an agroforestry system
Join Farming Connect to find out more about an agroforestry project at Henfaes Research Centre, Bangor, where lambs have been grazing forage crops grown among trees. The project aims to inform farmers about possible ways to diversify their farming practices and...