FC - Issue 21
Below is the 21st 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...
Heat detection technology in combination with artificial insemination allowes a grass-based suckler beef farm to fast track genetic improvement
10 May 2019
The 80-cow Stabiliser herd at Orsedd Fawr Farm, a 243 hectare (ha) Farming Connect Demonstration Site near Pwllheli, is run on a rotational grazing system across half the farm.
Farmers Gwyn and Delyth Parry had...
Expert advice and cutting costs through Farming Connect fully-funded clinics
8 May 2019
Farming Connect is offering fully-funded clinics for registered businesses on a variety of topics.
“The Farming Connect clinics are a great opportunity for farmers to look at ways to improve efficiencies and productivity as well as...
Cervical insemination in combination with frozen semen could be a fast-track option for UK sheep farmers to improve their flock genetics
17 April 2019
This technology has been trialled in the current breeding season at Llysfasi College, a Farming Connect Innovation Site near Ruthin.
Farming Connect established the trial to gather data on factors influencing the efficacy of impregnating ewes...
Welsh dairy farm aims to safeguard herd from M.bovis with custom-made vaccine
17 April 2019
A custom-made vaccine in combination with herd management changes are helping a Carmarthenshire dairy farm protect calves against a disease that was responsible for deaths in large numbers of its heifer replacements.
Since 2015, David and...
Farming Connect launch new project to monitor and manage parasites
3 April 2019
Internal parasites are one of the most common and important diseases that livestock farmers have to deal with on a daily basis. The Parasite Management Project will be monitoring parasite burdens on 10 farms across Wales...