Red Meat Dashboard: September – December 2019
This dashboard outlines red meat key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between September 2019 - December 2019.
This dashboard outlines red meat key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between September 2019 - December 2019.
This dashboard outlines dairy key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between September 2019 - December 2019.
This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2019 - November 2019.
28 January 2020
Correct management of pregnant ewes will reduce the number of lamb mortalities from birth to weaning.
Lamb losses post-lambing can be as high as 15% in Welsh flocks yet many are preventable, insists vet Helen Scott...
22 January 2020
Lamb producers experiencing abortion rates above 2% are being advised to test ewes for the main abortion-causing pathogens.
Nearly a quarter of all lamb losses on Welsh farms are due to abortion, yet Enzootic Abortion of...
20 January 2020
Sheep farmers who carefully manage ewe nutrition in the last eight weeks of pregnancy will be rewarded with the successful growth and development of the unborn lamb.
Ewe nutrition is important at all stages of pregnancy...
20 January 2020
Malan Hughes credits Farming Connect’s Agri Academy with helping her plan her future and achieve her potential through professional development. The application window for the Agri Academy 2020 is open now, and she wants you to...
6 January 2020
Farming Connect’s first skills application window of 2020 will open at 09:00 on Monday, 6 January and close at 17:00, Friday, 28 February.
With a number of new face to face and online training options recently...
17 December 2019
The search is on for Wales’ Dairy Management Specialists with an interest in lameness.
Have you got a good understanding of dairy cow lameness and are keen to develop this further?
Are you eager to learn...
13 December 2019
Independent sheep specialist Dr John Vipond says feeding protected forms of soya at 50g/day for every lamb carried and straight soya at 100g/lamb can result in a saving at current prices of more than £3 a...