News and Events

25 June 2019

Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Bovine milk is the most popular and economically important type of milk in developed countries, including the UK.
• As consumers demand more diverse products and interest in speciality foods grows...

17 June 2019

Dr Peter Wootton-Beard: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Hydroponic fodder systems offer the potential to alter the nutritional quality of grains.
• Sprouted grains could be viewed as a feed supplement in situations where they correct an existing...

23 May 2019

Treating the signs of lameness in a cow as an emergency by swiftly dealing with the problem can prevent irreversible damage to the affected foot, specialists in cattle lameness advise.

Lameness is a costly disease...

Below is the 21st issue of Farming Connect’s technical publication for farmers and foresters in Wales.

Published bi-monthly, it includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters, along with the latest information and research from our...

8 May 2019

Farming Connect is offering fully-funded clinics for registered businesses on a variety of topics. 

“The Farming Connect clinics are a great opportunity for farmers to look at ways to improve efficiencies and productivity as well as...

7 May 2019

With Farming Connect’s skills application window open now until 5pm Friday, 28 June, it might be a good time to consider developing your skills as all those working in the farming and forestry industries prepare...

24 April 2019

Welsh grassland farms could increase their annual net profit per hectare (ha) by up to £235 if they increased grass utilisation by just one tonne of dry matter (DM)/ha.

At Moor Farm, a Farming Connect...

17 April 2019

A custom-made vaccine in combination with herd management changes are helping a Carmarthenshire dairy farm protect calves against a disease that was responsible for deaths in large numbers of its heifer replacements.

Since 2015, David and...