News and Events

25 February 2022

Due to the Covid 19 restrictions, which necessitated the prestigious Lantra Cymru Awards 2021 having to be judged remotely, the Minister for Rural Affairs, North Wales & Trefnydd, Lesley Griffiths pre-recorded a short message which was...

24 February 2022

Dr Emma Davies: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• The development of short food supply chains offers farmers opportunities to increase their consumer base and diversify their farm business.
• One of the most important principles of short food...

23 February 2022

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Crops grown under structural protection can achieve more consistent and often higher yields and quality, as they have fewer environmental impacts to contend with
• Both glass greenhouses and polytunnels...

18 February 2022

The Welsh Government is committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050 (a balance between the total greenhouse gas emissions produced and the total emissions removed from the atmosphere). It is recognised that every sector, including...

18 February 2022

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Bracken is a significant pest problem across the UK and has been for many years
• Bracken outcompetes other vegetation reducing total biodiversity and impacting landscape usage potential for strategies...

17 February 2022

Ewe nutrition in late pregnancy has been suggested as the major influence on colostrum quality in a new study.

In what is thought to be the largest recorded data-set for ovine colostrum collected under commercial farming...

“Gallwn ddim aros yn llonydd, rhaid inni edrych ymlaen i’r dyfodol”. Dyna’r neges gan y ddau frawd, Aled a Dylan Jones o Fferm Rhiwaedog ger y Bala. Fel Fferm Arddangos Cyswllt Ffermio, mae Aled a Dylan wedi bod yn treiali...

15 February 2022

With the high cost of purchased fertiliser concentrating farmers’ minds on the nutrients in farm slurry and manure, an opportunity to learn more about exploiting the value in those is still available in Wales.

There are...

10 February 2022

Applying fertilisers enhanced with selenium and sulphur has been shown to boost levels of selenium in grassland by up to five times, and to increase grass yield by up to 11%, during a Farming Connect trial...