Benefit People, Animals and Place April – July 2023
This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between April – July 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...