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Episode 70: Sustainable Farming Scheme- Delving deeper into the detail
This podcast will be an opportunity to understand a bit more about the Sustainable Farming Scheme proposals and how the scheme could operate in the context of a real sheep farm. We’ll be focusing on the Universal Actions for benchmarking...
Scott Robinson - 30/09/2022
“There aren’t enough hours in the day” for entrepreneurial young Pembrokeshire dairy farmer Scott Robinson
“There aren’t enough hours in the day” for entrepreneurial young Pembrokeshire dairy farmer Scott Robinson
30 September 2022
“I would not be where I am today if it were not for Farming Connect,” says Pembrokeshire dairy farmer Scott Robinson. Scott (25) is ambitious, focused and also very busy! He works alongside his parents at...
A challenging season for the Welsh Pasture Project’s experienced grazing managers
Richard Rees
Farm name and location: Penmaen Bach, Pennal, Machynlleth
Sector: Red Meat (Sheep)
Being lightly stocked, we have been lucky over the last couple of months; we have managed to keep average farm cover fairly consistent around 2200kgDM/ha, with...
Hitting rock bottom: can silica rocks mitigate agricultural emissions?
27th of September 2022
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Silicate and carbonate reactions could offer a route for long-term carbon storage
- Whilst issues surround carbonate minerals, silicates, like basalt rock, appear more promising
- Applying crushed silicates to agricultural...
Nitrogen and agriculture – where do we stand?
27/09/2022
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University
- The development of synthetic nitrogen (N) production allowed a boom in agricultural yields and population growth worldwide
- Whilst N is growth-limiting, it is regularly applied at levels where less than half is...
Minimum tillage shown to boost ryegrass content in permanent pasture
10 August 2022
Using min-till to establish a multi-species sward in permanent pasture has rejuvenated leys at a Montgomeryshire organic dairy farm, increasing perennial ryegrass in the sward by 30% and boosting white clover content, too.
The Lloyd family...
FC - Issue 40 - July/August 2022
Below is the 40th 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...
Episode 66 - Business & Innovation in the Basque Region of Spain
Something a little bit different within this episode as we're guided by leader of the Agri Academy, Llyr Derwydd and members of the Business and Innovation programme as they visit Bilboa and the Basque region. It's a whistle-stop tour of...