24 January 2022
Dr William Stiles: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
In our first episode of 2022, we meet Dr Delana Davies who farms with her family at Tierson, near Milford Haven. Alongside their diverse farming business which includes dairying, sheep farming, breeding pedigree Limousin cattle and potato growing, Delana also...
Below is the 37th 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...
19 January 2022
This week, the National Centre for Learning Welsh and Menter a Busnes have launched a new online Learn Welsh course for the agricultural sector.
The 10-hour short course, part of the Centre’s ‘Work Welsh’ scheme, is...
7 January 2022
Using multiple milk fever prevention strategies is paying dividends at a Carmarthenshire dairy farm.
Iwan Francis, who produces milk on a split block calving system at Nantglas, Talog, had experienced high levels of milk fever...
In this episode of FCTV, we will be concentrating on livestock performance; we will be visiting a dairy farm that uses state-of-the-art technology to control lameness; we will be visiting a farm that focuses on providing gains in suckler cow...
14 December 2021
“Those regular online Agrisgôp Zoom meetings were a lifeline for most of us - an arm around the shoulder, giving us practical advice and moral support when we most needed it.” These are the words of...
14 December 2021
Good rearing techniques will be key to the economics and welfare of dairy bull calf production when Wales moves to a system of rearing these animals until they are at least eight weeks old.
As dairy...
6 December 2021
Sensors on trial at an Anglesey dairy farm to assist with slurry-spreading operations have the potential to help the industry with future pollution prevention regulations.
Erw Fawr, a Farming Connect demonstration site near Holyhead, is...
2 December 2021
Small changes to the routine around milking can have a big impact on cow flow and milk let-down on dairy farms.
During a recent Farming Connect webinar, vet Tom Greenham of Advance Milking offered advice on...
