Our Farms Projects

With at least two of his daughters keen to come home to farm in the near future, Edward made the decision in 2023 to disperse the suckler herd at Hafod y Foel...

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...

Investigating the potential of a diverse forage mix for winter feeding

Pencwm is farmed by Berwyn and Hedydd Lloyd along with their son Gruff where they run a closed herd of...

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

Gaining a better understanding of our soils and silage: we are not heavy users of purchased feeds but want to...

Project Aims:

• Demonstrating the process of converting from a set stocking beef and sheep farm to a rotational grazing...

A data driven review of on-farm adjustments and their role in improving long-term viability and resilience of Welsh lamb production

Spread over two holdings between Radnorshire and Breconshire, the Lewis family’s farm spans...

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

Using EID to record cattle and sheep performance: liveweight gain information is already captured on a weigh cell but the next...

Project Objectives:

The main aim of this project is to quantify the carbon...

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...