Keeping up with essential continual professional development through Farming Connect training while Storfa Sgiliau provides ‘proof of the pudding’
8 March 2023
When First Milk, one of the UK’s leading dairy processing companies, comes calling for one of its regular animal health audits at Great Molleston Farm, a 400 acre dairy farm near Narberth, young farmer Hannah Phillips...
FC - Issue 43 - January/February 2023
Below is the 43rd issue of Farming Connect’s technical publication for farmers and foresters in Wales.
Published bi-monthly, it includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters, along with the latest information and research from...
Venture: June 2022 – December 2022
This dashboard outlines Venture key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between June 2022 - December 2022.
Livestock: August 2022 – December 2022
This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2022 - December 2022.
Risk Mapping Guidance - 14/02/2023
As part of the Control of Agricultural Pollution regulations 2021 every farm business which
spreads organic manure will be required to produce a Risk Map from the 1 January 2023.
Good AI protocols and calving records factor in improved dairy herd fertility
13 February 2023
Good artificial insemination (AI) protocols are helping a Carmarthenshire dairy farm achieve a six week in-calf rate of more than 80%.
Iwan Francis runs a split block calving herd of 200 Friesian-cross cows at Nantglas, Talog...