Our Farms Projects

Project aim:

To monitor the feeding of a TMR system incorporating soya based protein and using best practice guidelines for feeding ewes prior to lambing including:

• the cost...

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Cwmrisca farm is a 283ha upland farm located in Tonddu, near Bridgend. Jacob Anthony, a fifth-generation farmer, works alongside his parents...

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

Sheep genetics: to improve the specification and marketability of lambs by developing flock genetics.

Cost of production: to explore opportunities for reducing...

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...

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

To optimise liveweight gain from forage

To consider which approaches are most effective for rectifying trace element shortfalls in our soils...

Project Introduction:

Monitoring animal health and developing an effective health plan will ensure timely interventions are undertaken, reduce management costs, prevent and control disease and, therefore, improve the health...

Main Objectives

• To become a more efficient business and investigate options for the farm.
• To rear all own cattle replacements and calve heifers at two years old.
• To improve grass growth...

Project Objectives: 

The aim of this part of the project is to establish how many ewes in the Mule flock are infected...

Main Objectives

• Reduce the costs of bought in feed by maximising utilisation of home-grown feed stuff.
• Improve the flock rearing percentage through cost effective measures.
• Improve pasture quality during the growing season, to...