Beef finishing using homegrown crops
18 June 2020
Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Homegrown crops present a financial and environmental advantage over bought-in concentrates and silage.
- There are many different options depending on farm location, land and soil type, type of enterprise...
Agricultural infrastructure: Part 2 Climate adaptations and mitigations
11 June 2020
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Agricultural infrastructure is vital for the functionality of the sector but also acts as a source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
- Whilst mitigation strategies are available or in development...
Agricultural infrastructure: Part 1 Climate impacts
10 June 2020
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Agricultural infrastructure has multiple areas where direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions can occur
- On-farm infrastructure as well as national/global level infrastructure both act as areas of potential GHG...
Meeting up online - 02/06/2020
Farming Connect is responding to the current restrictions of Covid-19 by providing as many
services as it can either online or over the phone until normal face to face activities can resume.
The following guidance on using Zoom webinars, Skype...
Soil mapping for precise land management
20 May 2020
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Soils are the most important biological systems across all farming practices
- The ability to map soil components accurately, including; nutrients, water content and structures can assist in improving farm...
Beef finisher hopes to cut production costs with home-grown crimped barley
14 May 2020
Home-grown spring barley could help a Welsh suckler enterprise cut its bull beef finishing costs.
The Griffith family planted 27 acres of the crop in two fields at Bodwi, a Farming Connect demonstration site at Mynytho...