Our Farms Projects
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Orsedd Fawr
Morris Gwyn Parry
Orsedd Fawr, Pencaenewydd, Pwllheli
Main Objectives
- Improve grass utilisation.
- Maintain farm profitability while reducing reliance on subsidies.
- Secure a viable farming business for the next generation.
Orsedd Fawr Farm Facts
Demonstration Site Project
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Hendre Arddwyfaen
Ty Nant, Corwen, Conwy
Focus Site Project: Efficient Dry Cow Nutrition and Land Use
Housing and predominantly feeding suckler cows over the winter has a dramatic effect on the enterprise’s profitability.
Project aims:
- The aim of this project will...
The Fruit Farm
Llanfihangel Crucornau, Abergavenny
Focus Site Project: Vermicomposting
Project Aims:
- To build a viable wormery
- To assess the suitability of fruit and vegetable waste as a food source for the wormery
- To analyse the nutrient value of the resulting vermicompost
- To...
Gate Farm
Gate Farm, Llandyssil, Montgomery
Focus Site Project: Different overseeding establishing techniques using multi-species mixtures and min-till establishment method for a brassica break-crop in a grass ley
Project aims:
The aim of this project is to introduce new grass varieties, legume and...
Carregcynffyrdd
Carys Jones
Carregcynffyrdd, North Carmarthenshire
Carregcynffyrdd, is farmed by Carys Jones and family where they run a flock of 400 Llanymddyfri Welsh ewes and 100 Romney cross ewes alongside a herd of 50 suckler cows.
Over recent years, Carys...
Birchfield
Nant Glas, Llandrindod Wells
Focus Site Project: The benefit of routinely weighing lambs
Project aims:
To routinely monitor lamb growth rate to gather information about flock management including:
- The impact of grazing decisions on lamb growth
- Whether subclinical worm infections...
Llindir
Eglwysbach, Colwyn Bay
Focus Site Project: Reducing Bovine Respiratory Disease in housed young calves
Project aims:
- To improve daily liveweight gains and profitability of the intensive indoor calf rearing enterprise by determining the true extent of Pneumonia cases in young...
Wern
Wern, Foel, Welshpool
Focus Site Project(s): Improving energy efficiency in intensive poultry units / Using EXZOLT® to control red mite in poultry units.
Improving energy efficiency in intensive poultry units
Project aims:
The main aim of this project is to...
Ffrith Farm
Ffrith Farm, Treuddyn, Mold, Flintshire
Focus Site Project: Building a farm destination experience around existing resources
Project Objectives:
The project will consider using existing resources, developing the land adjacent to the shop, and fitting new enterprises in with the labour demands...