Erw Fawr
Ceredig and Sara Evans
Erw Fawr, holyhead, anglesey
Key areas you wish to focus on as a demonstration farmer?
Using technology to measure and monitor pasture: Erw Fawr grows grass well but we need to make better use of that...
Our Farms Projects
Project Information from some farms are missing due to website development at present but will be available shortly.
Llys Dinmael Isaf
Llys Dinmael Isaf, Corwen
Focus Site Project: Evaluating the economics and practicalities of rearing dairy heifers on an upland sheep farm
Key Performance Indicators:
- Target liveweight gain (kg LWG)
- Daily liveweight gain (kg DLWG)
- Heifer rearing cost (£)
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Moor Farm
Andrew Rees
Moor Farm, Walwyns Castle, Haverfordwest
Main Objectives
- Improve profitability and business resilience under current market conditions.
- Build a business fit for the future and continue to develop infrastructure, technology and innovation where appropriate returns justify the investment...
Parc y Morfa Farms Ltd (Trebover)
Parc y Morfa Farms Ltd (Trebover), Fishguard
Focus Site Project: Calf decision tree and new calf housing design
The Parc y Morfa calf project will look to develop a calf ‘decision tree’ which will guide farmers through a step-by-step process...
Parasite Management Project
Multi Site Project
Project Aims and Objectives:
Implement on farm changes
- To work with network of farmers throughout Wales to :-
- Implement the latest advice and recommendations from SCOPS and COWS
- Implement regular monitoring of worm burdens through faecal...
Tyddyn Cae
Ifan Ifans
Tyddyn Cae, Pwllheli, Gwynedd
Projects:
Holebrook
Ellesmere Road, Bronington, Wrexham
Focus Site Project: Selective Dry Cow Therapy – Reducing the use of
Antibiotics at drying off
Project aims:
- investigate the effects of implementing a selective dry cow therapy on an AYR calving high yielding dairy herd. ...
Manor Afon
Simon Davies
Manor Afon, North Carmarthenshire
The challenges and opportunities to protect and enhance the environment for a dairy farm in the Tywi catchment area
Manor Afon is a 500-acre dairy farm as the main holding with an additional 200...
Nant Goch
Pen y Bont, Oswestry
Focus Site Project: Implementing a Mastitis Management Plan on farm
Project aims:
- By following the AHDB mastitis control plan for the past three years, clinical mastitis cases at Nant Goch have been reduced by 50% and...
Pied House farm
Pied House Farm, Montgomery, Powys
Focus Site Project: The benefits of a multicut silage system
Project aim:
As the dairy industry looks to increase its yields and milk solid production through improved use of home grown forages the concept of...