Animal Health and Welfare

15 August 2023

FC - Issue 2 - July-September 2023

Below is the 2nd issue of the Farming Connect Technical Publication since the launch of the new programme in April 2023. It includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters for farmers in Wales, allowing...

Type: Publications Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Horticulture, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Business Management and Planning, Health and Safety

28 February 2023

Poultry red mites: Significance and control strategies - 28/02/2023

Type: Factsheets Key Sector: Poultry

Theme: Business, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

13 February 2023

Good AI protocols and calving records factor in improved dairy herd fertility

13 February 2023 Good artificial insemination (AI) protocols are helping a Carmarthenshire dairy farm achieve a six week in-calf rate of more than 80%. Iwan Francis runs a split block calving herd of 200 Friesian-cross cows at Nantglas, Talog, where...

Type: News Key Sector: Dairy

Theme: Business, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

3 January 2023

Animal Welfare - 03/01/2023

Type: Factsheets Key Sector: Beef, Dairy, Goats, Horticulture, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

8 December 2022

Improvements to flock productivity help sheep farm with carbon efficiency

8 December 2022 Exceeding targets for ewe efficiency and lamb growth rates is helping a Welsh sheep farm to become more carbon efficient. Hendre Ifan Goch , a Farming Connect demonstration site near Blackmill, Bridgend, produces lamb from a flock...

Type: News Key Sector: Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

30 November 2022

Slow-growing broilers - 30/11/2022

Type: Factsheets Key Sector: Poultry

Theme: Business, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

14 November 2022

Ready, steady, slow! Slow-growing broilers are healthier and have more positive welfare

14 November 2022 Saba Amir: IBERS, Aberystwyth University. Consumer demand for high welfare meat promoted by animal welfare groups and NGOs is driving the market of slow-growing broilers Slower-growing breeds have better health and welfare than fast-growing ones Slow-growing broilers...

Type: Technical Articles Key Sector: Poultry

Theme: Business, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

10 November 2022

Trial shows quality grazing has greater effect on lamb growth than trace element supplements

10 November 2022 A Farming Connect trial has shown a cost benefit of up to £3.36/head from supplementing lambs with trace elements post-weaning; however, grass availability and parasite control had the biggest influence on the performance of animals in the...

Type: Case Studies Key Sector: Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

1 November 2022

Calf pneumonia cases down to 10% after housing adjustments

1 November 2022 Adjusting housing and feed intakes around weaning has helped a Welsh calf-rearer significantly reduce incidence of pneumonia. Hugh Jones and his mother, Glenys, who farm at Pentre Farm, Pentrecelyn, source Aberdeen Angus bull calves from Buitelaar at...

Type: News Key Sector: Beef

Theme: Business, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

24 October 2022

Episode 71 - Numerous challenges concern new entrants to the egg industry

Cath Price is Farming Connects Lead Dairy and Poultry Technical Officer. At home she also farms with her husband Dan, 20 minutes South of Newtown and have recently invested in a laying hen unit. Their new shed, and first flock...

Type: Podcasts Key Sector: Poultry

Theme: Business, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

FC - Issue 2 - July-September 2023

Poultry red mites: Significance and control strategies - 28/02/2023

Good AI protocols and calving records factor in improved dairy herd fertility

Animal Welfare - 03/01/2023

Improvements to flock productivity help sheep farm with carbon efficiency

Slow-growing broilers - 30/11/2022

Ready, steady, slow! Slow-growing broilers are healthier and have more positive welfare

Trial shows quality grazing has greater effect on lamb growth than trace element supplements

Calf pneumonia cases down to 10% after housing adjustments

Episode 71 - Numerous challenges concern new entrants to the egg industry

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