A challenging season for the Welsh Pasture Project’s experienced grazing managers
Richard Rees Farm name and location: Penmaen Bach, Pennal, Machynlleth Sector: Red Meat (Sheep) Being lightly stocked, we have been lucky over the last couple of months; we have managed to keep average farm cover fairly consistent around 2200kgDM/ha, with...
Episode 68 - 'The three elements of sustainable farming, Profit, Planet and People' with Rhys Williams and Aled Picton Evans
This episode will be the first in a series introduced by a range of guest presenter on a variety of topics from Welsh Agriculture and beyond. The first guest presenter will be a familiar voice to the podcast, Rhys Williams...
Grass measuring key to Welsh Pasture Project farmer’s dairying system
30 November 2021 Measuring grass covers weekly is pivotal to exploiting milk production from grazed grass on one of the driest farms in Wales. Maesllwch Home Farm in the Wye Valley is lucky to get 860mm (34 inches) of rain...
Prosper from Pasture gives farmer confidence to use new grazing techniques
27 October 2021 A young livestock farmer is seeing the benefits of taking a different approach to grazing, less than a year after enhancing her knowledge of grassland management at a dedicated Farming Connect programme. Carys Jones and her family...
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...
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.