WEBINAR: Improving fertility of a split block calving system - 04/06/2020
Join Farming Connect and vet Kate Burnby, the specialist consultant in a project at Nantglas demonstration site, to discuss what changes can contribute to improved fertility and tightened calving block.
- What is an achievable tight calving pattern?
- Planning & goal...
Grazed grass intakes increase in high yielding Holstein herd with better grass management
4 June 2020
A Welsh dairy farm is proving that it is possible to run a high yielding Holstein herd on a grazing system.
Paddock grazing is commonly associated with block-calving herds of cows bred specifically for producing milk...
Adding value to cow’s milk
4 June 2020
Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- The lipid profile of milk is easily manipulated through diet, reducing the amount of saturated fats and boosting levels of unsaturated fats.
- Grazing dairy cows on a diverse sward...
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...
The effects of drought on Welsh dairy farms
1 June 2020
The recent prolonged spell of dry weather has led to some of Farming Connect’s Dairy demonstration sites needing to adjust their feeding and silage making regime to cope with low soil moisture levels.
Grass growth rates...
WEBINAR: Liner choice: how to find the right milking liner for your herd - 28/05/2020
Here is the second webinar in a series of dairy lunchtime webinars.
The milking liner is the only part of the milking machine that's in contact with the cow. As such, the properties of the liner have a big impact...
Episode 19 - The pros and cons of a multi cut silage system - 28/05/2020
In this episode Aled is joined by farmer Hugo Edwards from Newport, Gwent, and Richard Gibb a Farming Connect Mentor that has been working to improve milk production from forage by implementing a multi cut silage system. Hear how the...