Nantglas
Iwan Francis
Nantglas, Talog, Carmarthenshire
Key areas you wish to focus on as a demonstration farmer?
Cow fertility: fertility can be a challenge as we have two calving blocks. My aim is to reduce our calving period from 12...
Our Farms Projects
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Plas Farm
Arwyn Jones
Plas farm, Llandegfan, Anglesey
Main Objectives
- Reduce the costs of bought in feed by maximising utilisation of home-grown feed stuff.
- Improve the flock rearing percentage through cost effective measures.
- Improve pasture quality during the growing season, to...
Pant Farm
Pant Farm, Llanvetherine, Abergavenny
Focus Site Project: Under-sowing maize using a specially modified drill
Winter monitoring of water quality in the Trothy river catchment in Monmouthshire has revealed spikes in river phosphate levels following a high rainfall incidence. This...
Ysgellog
Ysgellog, Rhosgoch, Amlwch, Anglesey
Focus Site Project: Micronutrient availability in grassland soil: its role in promoting grass production
Project objectives:
The overarching aim of the project will be to determine the micronutrient status of the farm’s soils in the context of...
Fferm Gelli Goll
Mark & Bethany Jarvis
Gelli Goll Farm, South Wales
Understanding the benefits of growing a cereal and legume mix as a complete feed
Gelli Goll is a Beef, Sheep and Arable farm on the outskirts of Cowbridge which is...
Dolygarn
James Powell
Dolygarn, Llanbadarn Fynydd, Llandrindod Wells, Powys
Key areas you wish to focus on as a demonstration farmer?
Soil health: our aim is to fatten everything from grass but heavy soils are our limiting factor. Understanding the symbiosis...
Llysun
Llysun, Llanerfyl, Welshpool
Main Objectives
- To develop the efficiency of the business through best practice, and to high ethical standards.
- To engage more effectively with the end market.
Llysun Farm Facts
Demonstration Site Project
"I would welcome the...
Fedw Arian Uchaf
Fedw Arian Uchaf, Rhyd Uchaf, Y Bala, Gwynedd
Focus Site Project: Maximising output on an organic hill farm
Project objectives:
- Maximise dry matter output from productive areas of the hill farm through looking at grass and forage crop options, primarily...
Fferm Henbant Bach
Fferm Henbant Bach, Tai’n Lôn, Caernarfon
Focus Site Project: Establishing an agroforestry and regenerative agriculture scheme
Project Objectives:
Henbant is a small, ecological based farm in North West Wales. Current pasture is managed holistically but within larger field parcels than the...
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...