Our Farms Projects
Project Information from some farms are missing due to website development at present but will be available shortly.
Cothi Vale
Crugybar, Llanwrda, Carmarthenshire
Focus Site project: Can wholecrop silage improve the quality of winter feed rations and reduce feed costs?
Project aims:
- Improve feed self-sufficiency for the farm’s suckler herd.
- Reduce feed costs by buying in less concentrates.
- Compare the...
Moor Farm
David, Heulwen and Rhys Davies
Moor Farm, Holywell, Flint
Hardwick Farm
Hardwick Farm, Abergavenny
Focus Site Project: The use of technology in predicting periparturient diseases from dry cow behaviour
Project aims:
- Early identification of any transition health problems
- Optimise treatment for any health issues.
- Assess benefits of the new technology.
- Increase...
Moreton Farm
Lewis Jones
Moreton Farm, Wrexham & Flint
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...
Market Hall
Focus Site Project: Autogenus Vaccinations - Mycoplasma Bovis
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...
Penybont
Penybont, Tregaron, Ceredigion
Focus Site Project: Robotic milking and grazing
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...
Upper Pendre
Upper Pendre, Llangorse, Brecon
Focus Site Project: Does Rye have a Role in Wales?
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...
Nantglas
Iwan Francis
Nantglas, Talog, Carmarthenshire
Key areas you wish to focus on as a demonstration farmer?
Cow fertility: fertility can be a challenge as we have two calving blocks. My aim is to reduce our calving period from 12...
Bryn Farm
Bryn Farm, Tremeirchion, St Asaph
Focus Site Project: Manipulating dry matter intake to reduce night time calvings and manage dry cow health and performance
Aim of the project:
The project will aim to look at two aspects, firstly to investigate the...