This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2021 - November 2021.

This dashboard outlines Venture key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between June 2021 - November 2021.

6 April 2022

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University & Kate Hovers (MRCVS)

• The goat industry appears to be growing both in the UK and globally        
• Optimising production and welfare relating to differing goat biology compared to...

Dairy demonstration site Mountjoy in Treffgarne Pembrokeshire has had considerable success in the use of Selective Dry Cow Therapy to improve udder health as well as reducing the use of antibiotics. Here we see the steps and measures in management...

24 March 2022

Dairy farms involved in a Farming Connect project to tackle issues that impact on milk quality achieved a milk price uplift of up to 4p/litre after applying recommended changes.

Twenty-eight First Milk suppliers, with herds ranging...

Dairy farmer, Deian Evans, has just returned from a 3-month working expedition at the Halley Research Station based in Antarctica. Having seen an advert in the farming press, Deian took up this unique opportunity, leaving his partner Jamie McCoy and...

16 March 2022

Dr Richard Kipling: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• The potential to earn income from carbon trading is increasingly a factor of interest to land managers
• However, numerous factors can influence the potential for carbon sequestration, and accurately...

Below is the 38th 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...