Our Farms Projects

Project aims:

• The growing evidence of anthelmintic failure within the Welsh sheep industry is of great concern (HCC’s WAARD project 2015) and threatens the sustainable production of lamb in...

Aim of the project:

The key objective is to identify the impact of diet on the quality of the pork produced. 

As consumer attitudes are...

Drinking-water availability has always been a concern for the sheep farm, Wallog, located on the Cardigan coast, near Clarach, Ceredigion. In a low rain-fall area of Wales, the farm relies on an ageing network...

Main Objectives

• To make the farms viable, producing quality food.
• To manage wildlife and be sustainable for the next generation.

Great Tre Rhew Farm Facts

Demonstration Site Project

“In the...

Project aims:

• The aim of this project is to raise awareness of the first genomic breeding values (GEBV’s) available for the beef industry...

Project Aims:

• To build a viable wormery
• To assess the suitability of fruit and vegetable waste as a food source for the wormery
• To analyse the nutrient value of the resulting vermicompost
• To...

Project aims:

The aim of this project is to introduce new grass varieties, legume and...

Carregcynffyrdd, is farmed by Carys Jones and family where they run a flock of 400 Llanymddyfri Welsh ewes and 100 Romney cross ewes alongside a herd of 50 suckler cows. 

Over recent years, Carys...

Main Objectives

• Improve grass utilisation.
• Maintain farm profitability while reducing reliance on subsidies.
• Secure a viable farming business for the next generation.

Orsedd Fawr Farm Facts

Demonstration Site Project

“There is...

Housing and predominantly feeding suckler cows over the winter has a dramatic effect on the enterprise’s profitability.

Project aims:

• The aim of this project will...