Our Farms Projects

Key areas you wish to focus on as a demonstration farmer?

Sheep genetics: to improve the specification and marketability of lambs by developing flock genetics.

Cost of production: to explore opportunities for reducing...

Project Aim:

Investigate the potential in increasing total cheese yield through selecting for the Kappa Casein BB gene.

Introduction:

Past laboratory studies have...

Project aims:

• The project aims to increase awareness of Mycoplasma Bovis as a disease which causes four main diseases in cattle; pneumonia, middle ear infections, mastitis and arthritis in any age of...

Key Performance Indicators: 

• Target liveweight gain (kg LWG)
• Daily liveweight gain (kg DLWG)
• Heifer rearing cost (£)

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Integrated Pest Management for grassland and arable systems

Bugeilus Fawr is a 320-acre mixed farming operation located on the Lleyn Peninsula in Wales. The farm's primary emphasis is livestock production, utilising a 6-7...

Key areas you wish to focus on as a demonstration farmer?

Foot health in a robotic milking system: we are interested in alternatives to footbathing; in a conventional milking system footbathing can easily be done...

Project aims:

• To identify and evaluate four different soil sampling techniques across two fields- one in arable production and one on a grassland field
• To use two Electrical Conductivity (EC)...

Project Aims:

• The aim of this project is to raise awareness of the first genomic breeding values (GEBV’s) available for the beef industry...