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Thematic online approach for Farming Connect at this year’s Royal Welsh Show (July 20–23)
13 July 2020
Sadly, the restrictions of Covid-19 have scuppered attending this year’s Royal Welsh Show for the thousands of visitors from across the globe, hundreds of exhibitors and world-class livestock that all contribute to making this annual event...
WEBINAR: The economics and practicalities of rearing Holstein / Friesian dairy heifers on an upland sheep farm - 09/07/2020
Dafydd Jones, Llys Dinmael has been successfully rotationally grazing sheep for a few years now, and has now developed the system to rear dairy heifers alongside the sheep enterprise.
Dafydd and Andy Dodd from AHDB discuss key points on how to make...
WEBINAR: Milking for all it’s worth: results from a Farming Connect project on improving milk quality - 02/07/2020
Tom Greenham, Advance Milking discusses a recent project done with Farming Connect.
In 2019, Farming Connect commissioned a milk quality study in partnership with Kite Consulting, South Caernarfon Creameries and Advance Milking. The aim of this trial was to establish whether using...
Episode 21 - Farming Connect's Women in Agriculture week overview - 30/06/2020
This week we'll reflect on Farming Connect's Women in Agriculture week. In this episode we hand over the interview to a guest presenter to obtain the highlights from three that joined the week digitally.
WEBINAR: Moocall - using calving and heat detection technology - 29/06/2020
Wasted time and lost profitability are pitfalls every farmer can fall into. Whether it's time spent checking your cows for tail paint, or if it's waiting for signs of calving for a cow who won't give birth for days. Ag-Tech...
WEBINAR: Llwyn Goronwy: Evaluating the benefits of milk recording in the spring calving herd - 25/06/2020
Sean Chubb from LLC discusses how we can make use of NMR’s Grazing 4 recording service to:
- Cull persisent high cell count cow
- Select cows for breeding based on performance
- Rank cows at Llwyn Goronwy on kilograms of milk solids (MS)- per...