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Dave Davies from Silage Solutions discussing ideas on how to produce top quality silage.

• What influences the quality of silage?
• What management factors can be done to ensure good quality silage?
• What are the secrets in producing good silage?

Presentation...

12 May 2020

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• The cattle industry is a key provider of food-produce globally through both meat and milk production
• Technologies are increasingly being used to improve both animal welfare and productivity of...

6 May 2020

A Welsh suckler-to-beef enterprise is aiming to cut its calving period to 10 weeks by using bolus technology to aid heat detection in heifers and shorten the breeding period.

A compact calving period would optimise the...

This flyer will provide you further information on the services we have to support you during this
uncertain time, from one-to-one surgeries to informative podcasts – we have it covered. 

5 May 2020

Farming Connect is providing a series of short, informative twice-weekly online webinars – online group seminars or meetings - on a wide range of topical agricultural subjects as part of its ‘digital delivery’ provision, arranged in...

In this episode Jim Ellis speaks to Marc Jones, a well known Forage crop and out-wintering specialist and farms 500 acres at Trefnant Hall on the Powis Estate near Welshpool. He grows 50 to 60 acres of Fodder beet annually...

1 May 2020

Cheryl Reeves is a farmer, wife and mum who has a hectic work/life balance that would daunt many of us!  A qualified bio-chemist, she moved to a new job in north Wales in 2006 and soon...

Liz Genever, independent beef and sheep consultant discussing variable grass growth this spring.

• Making sure ewe and cow requirements are being met during lactation to maximise growth rates
• Understanding which options (e.g. rotational grazing, supplementary feeding, nitrogen use and prioritising...