26 October 2023

Securing a much sought after place on the Farming Connect Agri Academy has not only broadened Lea Williams’ knowledge and outlook of agriculture but unexpectedly landed her a new job.

Lea, who grew up on a...

05 October 2023

With Farming Connect-funded trials ranging from growing grass with rock dust to establishing farm-scale tea bushes on hill land already underway in Wales, farmers are being invited to apply for the next round of funding from...

Dr Saba Amir: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Nitrogen utilization efficiency in ruminants is low
• Precision feeding, forage quality, feed processing, shift in nitrogen excretion from urine to faeces and reducing the amount of fermentable organic matter have the best prospects for...

Dr Saba Amir: IBERS, Aberystwyth University. 

• In the UK, agriculture contributes a relatively low proportion (about 11% in 2020) to the country’s total greenhouse gas (GHS) emissions but given the global warming potential of these gases more needs to...

25 September 2023

Key areas which can help optimise dairy cow fertility will be covered in a new Lantra-accredited workshop module, and will be added to the Farming Connect animal health and welfare training programme.

The weeks before and...

This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between September – November 2023

This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between September – November 2023

31 August 2023

Dairy farmers rate peer-to-peer learning as one of the most valuable routes to tackling lameness in their herds, an important new study in Wales involving more than 5,400 cows has found.

The research was undertaken as...