Dairy: January 2021 – April 2021
This dashboard outlines dairy key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between January 2021 - April 2021.
FC - Issue 33 - May/June 2021
Below is the 33rd 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...
How can changing land management approaches help to achieve net zero?
4 June 2021
Dr William Stiles: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
- Current land management approaches will need to change in order to meet the challenges associated with net zero emissions.
- This will include increasing land management practices...
Episode 43 - Building an enjoyable and profitable business at Mountjoy Farm, Pembrokeshire
This week the team have been back recording on location and have visited Mountjoy Farm near Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire; one of Farming Connect’s demonstration sites. Mountjoy is a dairy farm run by second generation farmer William Hannah and his family...
Gene editing and agriculture
3 June 2021
Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- In response to DEFRA’s consultation on the regulation of genetic technologies in English agriculture, gene editing (GE) has become a popular topic of conversation.
- GE encompasses a variety of...
‘Thinking outside the box’ - partnership approach pays dividends for Ceredigion family’s milk vending diversification project
1 June 2021
Thinking outside the box, or to be more precise, a highly customised horse box, where you can buy ‘farm fresh’ milk from a ‘mobile’ vending machine, has proved a winning idea for a family of third-generation...
Llaeth Llanfair enterprise - 01/06/2021
Thinking outside the box, or to be more precise, a highly customised horse box, where you can buy ‘farm fresh’ milk from a ‘mobile’ vending machine, has proved a winning idea for a family of third-generation Ceredigion dairy farmers now...
Reducing emissions and improving biodiversity can go hand in hand with making your business more profitable
26 May 2021
Agriculture accounts for around 12% of Wales' GHG emissions, and it has a crucial role to play in helping Wales meet its commitment to achieve ‘net zero’ emissions by 2050.
Similarly, agriculture is central to addressing...
Sustainable agriculture: Meaningful metrics and motivations
20 May 2021
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Sustainable agriculture looks to maintain production whilst reducing detrimental outputs but can mean different things to different people
- For agriculture to be sustainable it must balance economic, social and...
Colostrum management for the best start in life
12 May 2021
Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Good quality colostrum given in the right time frame and of the correct volume is essential for any newborn animal, containing vital antibodies, fat and protein.
- Significant variation in...