Beef finishing using homegrown crops
18 June 2020
Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Homegrown crops present a financial and environmental advantage over bought-in concentrates and silage.
- There are many different options depending on farm location, land and soil type, type of enterprise...
Making silage in hot weather
11 June 2020
Whilst many farmers will welcome hot and dry weather when making their silage, it does bring different challenges. In drought conditions, we must focus on ensuring that we have high quality silage, accepting that crop yield...
The Impact of Drought Conditions on Welsh Beef and Sheep Farms
4 June 2020
Persistent dry weather conditions during recent months have led Farming Connect’s red meat demonstration sites to adjust management practices to meet the challenges they’re facing. It has become evident that reduced grass growth rates and diminishing...
Grazed grass intakes increase in high yielding Holstein herd with better grass management
4 June 2020
A Welsh dairy farm is proving that it is possible to run a high yielding Holstein herd on a grazing system.
Paddock grazing is commonly associated with block-calving herds of cows bred specifically for producing milk...
WEBINAR: Time to reseed - part 2 - 02/06/2020
Join Farming Connect and Charlie Morgan, Grassmaster to discuss the importance of reseeding and how to deal with any problems that you may come across.
- Examples of the common mistakes when reseeding
- How to avoid those problems occurring
- Consider the...
The effects of drought on Welsh dairy farms
1 June 2020
The recent prolonged spell of dry weather has led to some of Farming Connect’s Dairy demonstration sites needing to adjust their feeding and silage making regime to cope with low soil moisture levels.
Grass growth rates...
Episode 19 - The pros and cons of a multi cut silage system - 28/05/2020
In this episode Aled is joined by farmer Hugo Edwards from Newport, Gwent, and Richard Gibb a Farming Connect Mentor that has been working to improve milk production from forage by implementing a multi cut silage system. Hear how the...