Red Meat: September 2020 – December 2020
This dashboard outlines red meat key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between September 2020 - December 2020.
This dashboard outlines red meat key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between September 2020 - December 2020.
This dashboard outlines dairy key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between September 2020 - December 2020.
25 January 2021
Welsh sheep farms with good flock husbandry can prevent newborn lambs succumbing to diseases much more successfully than by routinely treating with antibiotics, especially when the focus is on colostrum and hygiene.
With good management, most...
Below is the 31st 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...
18 January 2021
Like father like son and like mum too! Young farmer Gwion Jenkins (20) is determined to build on the longstanding tradition of developing the family farm, Rhosfach in Clynderwen. And like mum and dad, he’s tapping...
Diseases in newborn lambs can result in high mortality rates during lambing, thus impacting business profitability.
Join Farming Connect and sheep veterinary specialist, Fiona Lovatt, Flockhealth Ltd, to learn more about how to prevent diseases such as watery mouth, joint-ill...
14 January 2021
A Welsh upland farm is spending less on feed and fertiliser and is finishing lambs four weeks earlier since improving soils and animal health management.
The Davies family farm 320 acres at Waen Gwyn, Cefn Coch, Welshpool...
12 January 2021
Virtual doors will be open ‘round the clock’ between February 1 and 5 when a line-up of inspirational speakers from the UK and beyond will be available online for the first ever ‘digital’ Wales Farming Conference...
8 January 2021
Forage analysis is the starting point to managing ewe nutrition successfully in the run-up to lambing, advises sheep consultant Lesley Stubbings.
The nutrient level of forages will inform what level of supplementation flocks need in late-pregnancy...