Livestock: August 2022 – December 2022
This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2022 - December 2022.
News and Events
A Welsh suckler beef farm is achieving average daily liveweight gains (DLWG) of 2.4kg in bulls it finishes at 13 months on a ration formulated with a high level of its own rolled barley.
27 February 2023
Bryn Farm, a Farming Connect demonstration site, near Cardigan, has for the last three years worked alongside Farming Connect on projects to improve the performance and sustainability of the business.
These have included producing bull...
Carmarthenshire farmer learning everything he needs to know about modern farming through Farming Connect
27 February 2023
His parents introduced him to the hands-on ‘land and livestock’ side of farming at an early age but for Carmarthenshire-born Dylan Morgan, it’s Farming Connect that keeps this construction management graduate ‘bang up to date’. Dylan...
Control of Dermanyssus gallinae, the poultry red mite using Integrated Pest Management
27 February 2023
Saba Amir, IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Dermanyssus gallinae is a serious threat to laying hens and egg production in many parts of the world
- Acaricide resistance and changes in pesticide legislations have made the management of...
Tree health and health and safety take precedence at events held across Wales
23 February 2023
Events will be held across Wales to update farmers and foresters on tree health and the practical and health and safety implications when tackling diseased or damaged trees on farm.
Gethin Hughes from MWMAC will discuss...
“It’s never too late to learn about farming” - 22/02/2023
Nadine Evans has got no farming background whatsoever – but where there’s a will there’s often a way and ‘farming is all I ever wanted to do!’ Now in her early 50s, Liverpool-born Nadine is finally living the rural dream...
“It’s never too late to learn about farming” – Nadine Evans is loving her new life as a farm worker
22 February 2023
Nadine Evans has got no farming background whatsoever – but where there’s a will there’s often a way and ‘farming is all I ever wanted to do!’ Now in her early 50s, Liverpool-born Nadine is finally...
Episode 77 - Get on the Farming Ladder
The second episode within our new entrant to agriculture series brings together four young farmers which were all raised on family farms in North Wales but have decided to forge their own career in Agriculture through various joint venture agreements...