Capacity audience seek guidance from Farming Connect’s FBG Yard Coverings webinar
12 November 2020
A capacity audience of 1,000 farmers registered for an online Farming Connect webinar when two invited presenters, one a leading Wales-based environmental specialist and the second a policy official from Welsh Government, explained how the Welsh...
Calling Wales’ dairy processors - Farming Connect launches milk quality project to increase returns for suppliers – express your interest by 19 November 2020
11 November 2020
A project which led to a significant improvement in milk quality on dairy farms supplying a Welsh creamery is being rolled out.
Farming Connect, in conjunction with Kite Consulting, is offering an opportunity for a processor...
WEBINAR: The true costs of rearing dairy heifer replacements
Farming Connect and Andy Dodd from the Farm Consultancy Group will discuss how the economics of rearing heifer replacements can vary from system to system and how calculating your own rearing costs is the first step in reducing it.
The...
Paddock grazing helping dairy farm capture nearly two thirds of milk from forage
11 November 2020
A Welsh dairy farm is capturing 4,100 litres of milk from forage since improving grassland management.
Bryn Farm at Tremeirchion, Denbighshire, is farmed by three generations - Ivor Hughes, his son, Dilwyn, and grandson, Aled Potts...
Learn how to boost herd milk yield at webinar led by cow behaviour expert
10 November 2020
A cow behaviour expert will help dairy farmers learn how to observe the body language of their cows and translate it to herd management at a Farming Connect webinar this month.
Dutch vet Joep Driessen, of...
Multi-targeted strategy reduces carbon footprint and maximises profits
6 November 2020
Jeff Wheeler, a third generation dairy farmer from Efail Wen in Pembrokeshire has in recent years increased profitability and sustainability, while also significantly reducing the farm’s carbon footprint.
“Many farmers think these goals are incompatible, but...
Dairy: May 2020 – August 2020
This dashboard outlines dairy key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between May 2020 - August 2020.
WEBINAR: The Farm Business Grant – Yard Coverings - 04/11/2020
Speakers: Keith Owen, KeBek, Environmental Consultant and Richard Evans, Welsh Government
This webinar includes further information on the new capital grant scheme available to farmers in Wales.
The importance and benefits of infrastructure improvements is covered in the webinar.
The...