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As Brexit and its implications are debated daily by politicians and business people throughout the world, there is one thing everyone is broadly agreed upon! We are entering...

In a commercial suckler herd, smaller cows weaned calves that were as heavy as calves from bigger cows and in doing so proved to have greater efficiency of production.

Phil Jones at Lan Farm, Cynwyl Elfed, Carmarthen has been...

Heidi Curtis has set her sights on being a successful farmer. Whether this ambitious young woman achieves that by helping develop her parent’s 200 acre dairy enterprise at Higher Kinnerton in Flintshire or by looking for work further afield remains to...

AS THE trend towards lighter beef carcases looks set to continue, farmers will have to adapt in order to produce the cattle needed to meet target specification. Formulating appropriate rations for cattle at different growth stages is one of the...

The 2017 programme was launched in Cardiff Bay by the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths who said that the learning and development provided by the Agri Academy will pay massive dividends when it comes to...

Below is the 7th 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...

Tapping into new genetic technology has great potential to improve the productivity and profitability of beef businesses through better-informed breeding decisions. Genomic Estimated Breeding Values (GEBV’s) use DNA technology to identify superior genetics for carcase traits, which could have a...