Our Farms Projects
Project Information from some farms are missing due to website development at present but will be available shortly.
Caerhys
Berea, St Davids
Focus Site Project: Exploring Techniques to Create Predictable Compost
Project aims:
- This project aims to develop a rapid composting system to provide nutrition for vegetables, based on manures produced at the farm.
- Produce predictable sustainable composted manures...
Llwyn Goronwy
Llwyn Goronwy, Llanrwst, Conwy
Focus Site Project: Evaluating the benefits of milk recording in a spring block calving herd
Project aim:
The aim of the project is make better use of data by recording all the cows individually. This will...
White Castle Vineyard
Llanvetherine, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
Focus Site Project: Optimising vine vigour through winter pruning of grapevines
Project aims:
- White Castle vineyard is a 5 acre vineyard near Llanvetherine, Abergavenny, owned and run by Robb and Nicola Merchant
- 4,000 vines were planted in...
Llwynmendy
Llwynmendy, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire
Focus Site project: Correlation between earthworms and soil health, in addition to evaluating bokashi (fermenting organic matter)
Project Objectives:
Determine the overall soil health of all fields
Detect where there is any correlation between worm numbers, grass growth...
Pencwm
Berwyn, Hedydd & Gruff Lloyd
Pencwm, North Pembrokeshire
Investigating the potential of a diverse forage mix for winter feeding
Pencwm is farmed by Berwyn and Hedydd Lloyd along with their son Gruff where they run a closed herd of...
Wern
Osian Williams
Wern, Y Foel, Welshpool, Powys
Key areas you wish to focus on as a demonstration farmer?
To build on the success we have had in controlling poultry red mites: we have trialled products to control infestations during...
Clawdd y Mynach
Clawdd y Mynach Farm, Monkash, Cowbridge
Focus Site Project: Comparing different methods of cobalt/vitamin B12 supplementation for lamb growth
Other farms involved in data collection:
Bryn Tail Farm, Rhydyfelin, Pontypridd
Garth Farm House, Pentyrch, Cardiff
Project aims:
- Assess the...
Nant Goch
Pen y Bont, Oswestry
Focus Site Project: Implementing a Mastitis Management Plan on farm
Project aims:
- By following the AHDB mastitis control plan for the past three years, clinical mastitis cases at Nant Goch have been reduced by 50% and...
Llwyn yr Arth
Llwyn yr Arth, Llanbabo, Rhosgoch, Anglesey
Focus Site Project: Reducing vices in a pig unit
Introduction to project:
Llwyn yr Arth is an indoor farrow-to-finish 210-sow breeding unit that sell around 5,200 reared pigs annually. The pigs are sold...