Dairy: September 2020 – December 2020
This dashboard outlines dairy key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between September 2020 - December 2020.
This dashboard outlines dairy key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between September 2020 - December 2020.
27 January 2021
Beef farmers whose grass silage analyses are in the top 25% in Wales can capture daily liveweight gains 400g/head higher than animals fed the same quantity of average quality forage, equating to a cost benefit of...
25 January 2021
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Below is the 31st 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 our...
Farmers are facing major change over the next few years. In this podcast, Euryn Jones, HSBC's Deputy Head of Agriculture and Chair of Farming Connect’s Strategic Advisory Board, shares his vision and advice on how to prepare your farming business...
18 January 2021
Like father like son and like mum too! Young farmer Gwion Jenkins (20) is determined to build on the longstanding tradition of developing the family farm, Rhosfach in Clynderwen. And like mum and dad, he’s tapping...
15 January 2021
Dr William Stiles: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
41 farmers, a mixture of dairy, beef and sheep from a range of different land types and systems across Wales have been measuring their pasture regularly since the Welsh Pasture Project started in September. Dairy farmers measured grass on a...
14 January 2021
Grazing fodder beet can provide winter feed for all classes of dairy stock for as little as 5p/kg of dry matter (DM).
At half the cost of grass silage, it is a crop that could be...