Faecal egg counting reduction testing is an essential part of good husbandry at the world-famous Rhug Estate organic farm
2 February 2022
Whether you keep 50 sheep or 5,000, all farmers want to ensure that every animal within their flock is performing at its best, in peak condition and giving them optimum returns. For many farmers, especially those...
Advisory Service funding FECRT in Wales - 02/02/2022
Faecal Egg Count Reduction Testing (FECRT) advice, available through the Farming Connect Advisory Service, is now providing farmers throughout Wales with the information they need to drench only those animals that need worming with the most effective wormer.
Gareth...
‘You are what you eat’ applies to sheep, too! Improving flock performance and increasing profitability with help from Farming Connect
1 February 2022
Ioan Jones is an experienced third-generation upland sheep farmer who farms with his wife Susan and son Aled at Dolyfelin near Builth Wells. The family realised that the flock of more than 800 Lleyn and Texel/Lleyn-cross...
FC - Issue 37 - January/February 2022
Below is the 37th 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...
FCTV - Livestock - 21/12/2021
In this episode of FCTV, we will be concentrating on livestock performance; we will be visiting a dairy farm that uses state-of-the-art technology to control lameness; we will be visiting a farm that focuses on providing gains in suckler cow...
Vets advise farmers on successful dairy bull calf rearing
14 December 2021
Good rearing techniques will be key to the economics and welfare of dairy bull calf production when Wales moves to a system of rearing these animals until they are at least eight weeks old.
As dairy...
Advisory Service - 03/12/2021
Looking for better performance from your sheep?
The Advisory Service provides confidential, bespoke advice on a wide range of topics that could improve your flock performance...
Innovation demonstrated in Farming Connect project helps Pruex win agri-tech award
25 November 2021
A Welsh business whose automated spraying systems have resulted in significant improvements in the housing environment of chickens at a Farming Connect demonstration site has won a major new award for innovation.
Pruex’s work at Wern...
Cow mobility issues nearly halve at Welsh dairy farm after video monitoring
22 November 2021
Using technology to detect lameness at an early stage has reduced the number of cows with severely impaired mobility by 75% at a Welsh dairy farm.
Erw Fawr, a Farming Connect demonstration site near Holyhead...