News and Events

8 January 2021

Forage analysis is the starting point to managing ewe nutrition successfully in the run-up to lambing, advises sheep consultant Lesley Stubbings.

The nutrient level of forages will inform what level of supplementation flocks need in late-pregnancy...

There is excitement in the sheepdog world! With dogs selling well and many world records having been broken recently, interest in training sheepdogs is on the rise in Wales. And back in 2018, a group of young farmers came together...

5 January 2021

Financial investment in vaccination pre-tupping to protect ewes on Welsh farms from abortion-causing pathogens can easily be recouped by a reduction in future flock barren and abortion rates.

Vet Cath Tudor says nearly a quarter of...

This dashboard outlines land key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2020 – November 2020.

This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2020 – November 2020.

This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2020 – November 2020.

4 January 2021

Sheep farmers should avoid feeding heavily pregnant ewes more than 0.5kg of concentrates in a single feed, a vet has advised.

A ewe’s daily nutrition requirements in the third trimester is best allocated over two feeds...

In this episode, Aled is joined by Sarah Morgan of Precision Grazing Ltd and Tomos Huws, a dairy farmer from Llanrwst, to talk about the Welsh Pasture Project. The project has been working with 43 farms across Wales to help...

Non Williams our technical officer and Hugh Jones, Pentre Farm a Farming Connect Demonstration Sites reflects on the outcomes from the first year project.