Our Farms Projects

Project aims:

• To compare the benefits of genomic testing against parental average data when selecting which bulls to use on which cows for the best...

Main Objectives

• Improve efficiencies and increase profitability.
• Demonstrate how important people skills and management are for a profitable business.
• Gain new ideas to help the industry move forward and become more competitive.

Marian...

Project aims

• The potential cost benefit of heifer synchronisation to achieve a tight spring calving block whilst moving from an AYR (all-year-round) herd which...

Project aims:

• Improve feed self-sufficiency for the farm’s suckler herd.
• Reduce feed costs by buying in less concentrates.
• Compare the...

Project aims:

• Early identification of any transition health problems 
• Optimise treatment for any health issues.
• Assess benefits of the new technology.
• Increase...

EDPET (Early Detection and Prompt Effective Treatment): Assessing the impact of improved lameness detection on lameness prevalence and lesion incidence.

Just under a third of dairy cows may be experiencing some degree of...

Project aims:

• The project aims to increase awareness of Mycoplasma Bovis as a disease which causes four main diseases in cattle; pneumonia, middle ear infections, mastitis and arthritis in any age of...

Dairy farmers are increasingly looking to robotic milking systems (AMS) for a number of different reasons and many industry experts believe that the availability and standard of dairy staff...

Project aims:

• Evaluate the suitability of rye as a combinable cereal in Welsh growing conditions, how rye fits into a cereal rotation, and its suitability as...