Dairy Cow Health Monitoring
N.B. This resource has been transferred from the previous Farming Connect 2007 - 2015 programme and was correct at the time of publication.
Cwmcowddu
Sian, Aled and Rhodri Davies
Cwmcowddu, Llangadog, North Carmarthenshire
Trial: Improving feeding efficiencies in the dairy herd
Cwmcowddu is a mixed farm that consists of a 120 dairy cow herd, 550 breeding ewes and a 32,000 poultry...
Glanmynys
Carine Kidd and Peredur Owen
Glanmynys, Llandovery
Key areas you wish to focus on as a demonstration farmer?
To optimise liveweight gain from forage
To consider which approaches are most effective for rectifying trace element shortfalls in our soils...
Hafod
Hafod, Bancyffordd, Llandysul, Carmarthenshire
Focus Site Project: Detection of the fluke infection status of on farm snail habitats as a tool to manage liver fluke
Project aims:
- The mud snail Galba truncatula is the key intermediate host for liver and...
Beef Herd Fertility
This module describes how to determine practical targets for the optimum fertility of beef cattle herds.
Lion Training Passport: Poultry Welfare Management
This is a half day training course with a certificate issued upon successful completion.
This course is designed to give an overview of on-farm welfare issues associated with commercial egg production aimed at the role site Manager. Attending this course...
Court Farm
Court Farm, Llanthony, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
Focus Site Project: How to identify, control and eradicate iceberg diseases in sheep.
Project Objectives:
The main objective of the project is to establish the true incidence of the OPA within the flock by using thoracic...