Lesley Stubbings, independent sheep consultant discussing lamb growth expectations up to weaning.

• What are we aiming for? The importance of setting targets of what growth development you’d like to see between 8 and 12 weeks.
• The impact worm control has...

5 May 2020

Farming Connect is providing a series of short, informative twice-weekly online webinars – online group seminars or meetings - on a wide range of topical agricultural subjects as part of its ‘digital delivery’ provision, arranged in...

1 May 2020

Simon Pitt, Dairy Technical Officer 

Herds with excellent housing facilities often don't have the same level of grazing infrastructure in preparation for occasions where they need to extensively graze their cows during periods above and beyond...

1 May 2020

Cheryl Reeves is a farmer, wife and mum who has a hectic work/life balance that would daunt many of us!  A qualified bio-chemist, she moved to a new job in north Wales in 2006 and soon...

24 April 2020

“Coronavirus has changed the way we live and work, but that doesn’t mean we should not plan ahead now in order to keep learning and improving both our personal and business skills.”  

This is the...

Eurion Thomas from Techion discussing parasites in lambs in the spring.

• The output from various Farming Connect parasite management projects
• Nematodirus control and best treatment options
• The use of faecal egg count’s in young lambs and interpreting the results

Presentation...

15 April 2020

Farming Connect has seen a surge in listeners to their podcast named Ear to the Ground (Clust i’r Ddaear). Launched in September 2019, this is the first farming podcast of its kind to be available...