Farmers and foresters wanting to reduce costs and improve on-farm efficiency are urged to visit Farming Connect at this year’s Royal Welsh Spring Festival, which will take place at the Llanelwedd showground on 21/22 May.
Eirwen Williams, director of rural...
An open day at one of Farming Connect’s new innovation sites will showcase the latest research aiming to improve sustainability in the Welsh uplands.
The open event at Pwllpeiran Upland Research Centre in Cwmystwyth will feature projects which aim to...
A series of Farming Connect on-farm events this spring are focussing on helping soils and grassland recover after the warmest and wettest winter on record.
An additional 476mm (19 inches) more rainfall than usual in Wales since November has led to...
Farming Connect recently visited a dairy farm in west Wales focusing on enhancing its calf rearing efficiency.
At Drysgolgoch, Llwyndrain, in north Pembrokeshire, Seimon and Eleanor Thomas have invested heavily in new infrastructure on their 700-acre dairy farm. A new 70-point...
By Sara Pedersen BSc(Hons) BVetMed CertCHP DBR MRCVS RCVS Specialist in Cattle Health and Production, Farm Dynamics Ltd, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan
Even if digital dermatitis (DD) isn’t at the fore-front of the lameness problem on a farm, it is almost always...
Farmers and foresters from all sectors are urged to keep up to date with the latest innovation and technologies by attending the wide range of knowledge transfer events which will be provided through Farming Connect’s new demonstration network when events...
Farming Connect has arranged a workshop which will provide farmers and foresters in North Wales with the information they need to help them understand the complexities of the new requirements for Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) documentation and maps.
Agricultural adviser...
Sward productivity depends on good soil conditions. This factsheet looks at how to improve pasture production following the prolonged wet winter of 2015/2016. Reduced water flow through compacted soils causes waterlogging and run off. Tips on how to identify and...
In the pig and poultry industry, the large scale breeding programmes and recording of millions of animals in controlled environments over successive generations has facilitated rapid genetic progress through DNA testing. This is now routinely used in these species and...
