Our Farms Projects

Project aims:

• Work that will be carried out will follow the newly formed Gwaredu BVD program. The ambition of the Gwaredu BVD project is to collect blood samples from...

Foel Fawr farm runs a pedigree herd of 70 Hereford Cattle. It is a spring calving system where careful selection of replacement bulls is deemed essential for ease of calving and producing strong replacement...

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

Performance recording of sheep: to increase the efficiency of our business by using technology to determine which animals perform the best in...

Project aims:

• The aim of this project is to share best practice by utilising nutrient management planning to it's maximum potential.
• Following soil analysis, a nutrient management plan will...

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?

To investigate ways of improving on our rotational grazing system to maximise the value of grass reseeds and to reduce feed costs...

Project aims:

• With such variation and tight margins with winter finishing, finishers must look to gain a better understanding...

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

To compare different techniques for fattening lambs such as fattening on reseeds or stubble turnips

To investigate how we...

Project objectives:

The overarching aim of this project will be to quantify the net carbon...