Menter Moch Cymru and Farming Connect explore the factors that should be considered before a farm business diversifies into pig keeping.

Ken Stebbings, Menter Moch Cymru Development Officer, discusses:

• Defining the pig system
• Set up costs
• Business planning
• Profitability

Pig farming...

Join Farming Connect and Sara Perdersen, cattle health and production specialist for a webinar focusing on dairy cattle health. It is widely recognised that healthy feet results in greater production levels, but to make a difference you need to get...

1 September 2020

Heat detection technology is putting a Welsh beef farm in control of suckler herd fertility.

The calving period in the Jones family’s herd of 70 Welsh Blacks extends from January to October but they want to...

Farming Connect and Sam Evans, a consultant with Kite Consulting discuss how to prepare for winter, ensuring every aspect of cow management is geared towards optimising performance.

During the webinar Sam covers the following:

• Address cubicle comfort and feed access
• Plan winter...

27 August 2020

Weight at tupping can have an important influence on conception rates in ewe lambs, a study at a Welsh farm suggests. 

David Lewis breeds from his ewe lambs to improve the efficiency of his flock –...

Consultant Rhidian Jones discusses your flock replacements options. 
During this webinar Rhidian addresses the following: 

• What are the benefits of rearing own replacements 
• Flying flock costings 
• The role of hybrid vigour 
• Trials done to compare mothering abilities of ewes between different breeds ...