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

Sheep health: to investigate what environmental or genetic factors are influential in the incidence of lameness in lambs.

Carbon footprint: we...

Project objectives:

• Maximise dry matter output from productive areas of the hill farm through looking at grass and forage crop options, primarily...

Project aims:

• To demonstrate the process of converting a set stocking beef and sheep farm to a rotational grazing system and...

Project objectives:

The main aim of the project is to evaluate the difference between cereal straw and rape straw on flock health (particularly lameness incidence), cost of...

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

Maximising liveweight gain off grass: We sell our beef cattle as stores but following changes to the business we plan to finish cattle next...

Project aims: 

• Using standardised pre-milking routines, this project aims to improve milk quality and reduce milking time, teat damage and mastitis cases. Increased yields and opportunities to qualify for somatic cell count/bactoscan...

Introduction to project: 

Cows at Pensarnau farm are housed for most of...

Project Objectives: 

The main objective of the project is to establish the true incidence of the OPA within the flock by using thoracic...

Main Objectives

• Further improve the output of the suckler cow enterprise through the use of superior genetics and technology.
• Evaluate and develop the sheep enterprise as it currently does not...

Project aims:

• To evaluate the efficiencies of a robotic system for egg packing
• Compare the robotic system...