Digital animal health workshops help to drive performance on Pembrokeshire farm - 30/07/2021
A focus on animal health improvements is driving performance and reducing costs at a Pembrokeshire dairy and livestock farm.
FCTV - Infrastructure - 26/07/2021
In this episode we will visit 4 of our demonstration farms, Graig Olway, Cefngwilgy, Hendre Ifan Goch and Bodwi who has invested in infrastructure to improve their farming systems. We’ll also catch up with one of our Pasture Project farms...
FCTV – the new half-hour farming programme that you won’t want to miss!
22 July 2021
Efficiency, best practice, compliance and saving time and money are the driving forces behind Farming Connect’s latest venture, a dedicated half-hour, monthly tv programme for farmers and foresters in Wales.
Tune into YouTube from Monday, July...
FC - Issue 34 - July/August 2021
Below is the 34th 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...
Episode 46 - If you look after the stock, the stock will look after you
In this episode, we meet Tom Evans who farms with his wife Beth and children at Pendre Farm near Aberystwyth. Tom is a keen stockman and believes firmly that “if you look after the stock, the stock will look after...
Welsh Pasture Project - 2021 Mid Season Review at Blaenglowon Fawr - 01/07/2021
'Through the Welsh Pasture Project, we sent in grass samples for analysis monthly and even though there wasn't much grass on the ground early on, the quality was still there'. Bleddyn Davies, Blaenglowon Fawr.
Lamb from the Welsh uplands – what sets it apart from the rest?
30 June 2021
Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- The Welsh landscape has been cared for and shaped by generations of farmers and their livestock, providing public goods and contributing to the supply chain along the way.
- Pasture, and...
Agricultural slurry management: manure and machines
29 June 2021
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Slurry can be both a significant waste consideration as well as a plentiful resource
- Slurry management can be a challenge but improved accuracy through technological innovations could assist with...
Plate meter the ‘go-to’ for grass data accuracy but trial shows satellite imagery is closing the gap.
25 June 2021
A Ceredigion dairy farm is using satellite-derived data to inform grassland management decisions and is trialling its accuracy against a plate meter.
Ffosygravel, a Farming Connect focus site near Borth, produces over half its milk output...