16 April 2024
A Welsh upland dairy farming business is aiming to accelerate its move away from a reliance on nitrogen fertiliser for growing grass by growing herbal ley mixes.
Taking on the long-term tenancy of 48ha Maes Dulas...
This podcast takes advantage of a recently recorded Farming Connect webinar. Take the advantage of listening back at a suitable and convenient time to you! Sue Buckingham, Sustainable Atmospheric Nitrogen Advisor at NRW is joined by David Ball from AHDB's...
Measuring and calculating grass availability is helping a Welsh sheep farm to prevent forage shortfalls by flagging up impending deficits 10 days earlier than through visual assessment alone.
At Hill Farm, near Hay-on-Wye, Sam and Will Sawday and their mother...
A Welsh beef and sheep farmer is able to carry a similar number of livestock to the headage he farmed before his land base was cut by 41 per cent because improved grassland management means he can grow 13t/ha dry...
25 January 2024
Data from the Farming Connect Welsh Pasture Project has shown that grass production in Wales in 2023 exceeded previous years, but managing it was challenging.
High levels of rainfall had caused very difficult grazing conditions for...
12 December 2023
Grass measuring and budgeting has given a Welsh dairy farmer the confidence to change his fertiliser policy, reducing input costs by £20,000 a year.
Huw Williams milks 250 autumn-calving Holstein Friesians at Ffordd Las, near Ruthin...
This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2023 – February 2024
12 October 2023
Two grassland farms in Powys are researching whether a rock dust sourced from a local quarry can provide sufficient nutrients to grow grass through a project funded by Farming Connect- ‘Try Out Fund’.
Finely ground basalt rock...
