This dashboard outlines Venture key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2020 - May 2021.

29 June 2021

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Slurry can be both a significant waste consideration as well as a plentiful resource
• Slurry management can be a challenge but improved accuracy through technological innovations could assist with...

25 June 2021

A Ceredigion dairy farm is using satellite-derived data to inform grassland management decisions and is trialling its accuracy against a plate meter.

Ffosygravel, a Farming Connect focus site near Borth, produces over half its milk output...

From front-line nurse to front-line farmer! This is Emma Roberts and daughter, Mari, who are an important part of ‘Team Roberts’ at Brynaeron, a 360 acre dairy, family farm in Pembrokeshire.

Keen to learn all they could about the livestock...

21 June 2021

Pembrokeshire-born Emma Roberts had a part-time job she loved at a busy GP surgery in Whitland. Therefore, why did qualified nurse Emma, who has been at the front-line of the profession for more than 30 years...

17 June 2021

Dr David Cutress & Dr Gwen Rees: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) are highly prevalent in the UK cattle industry
• GINs can have implications on cattle health, welfare, productivity, and economics, particularly in youngstock...

Speakers:

Keith Owen, Environment Consultant and a Director of KeBeK Ltd who specialises in delivering infrastructure on-farm advice

Chris Duller, independent consultant specialising in delivering soil and grassland management advice across all of the livestock sectors

Earlier this year...

9 June 2021

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Livestock tracking is generally performed by on-animal collar or ear tag systems
• Extensive systems can specifically benefit from tracking livestock remotely due to the wide areas of land able...