Biodiversity on Pentre Demonstration Farm - 13/07/2021
"Biodiversity on our farms" Forging a clear connection between habitat management on farm working hand in hand with food production whilst improving the environmental performance of our farms.
"Biodiversity on our farms" Forging a clear connection between habitat management on farm working hand in hand with food production whilst improving the environmental performance of our farms.
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...
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...
'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.
In this episode, we meet Huw Jones who farms with his wife Meinir at Bryn Farm near Cardigan. Together they run a suckler beef enterprise, grow barley, oats and wheat alongside their diversification projects which includes an animal bedding business...
14 June 2021
Two Welsh livestock farms are taking steps to boost production efficiencies to make their systems more carbon-efficient.
Bryn Farm, near Cardigan, and Hendre Ifan Goch, at Bridgend, are both Farming Connect demonstration sites.
Through...
27 May 2021
Welsh sheep farmers are being urged to embrace good grazing management and rotational grazing to help the industry become more environmentally sustainable.
Dr Catherine Nakielny has used the Farming Connect Management Exchange Programme as an opportunity...
24 May 2021
Early indications from a Farming Connect project have shown that intensive rotational grazing in sheep systems increases soil organic matter (SOM).
Pendre, a Farming Connect demonstration site at Llanfihangel y Creuddyn, near Aberystwyth, is aiming to...
29 April 2021
The rooting depths of clovers and herbal leys can help Welsh livestock farms reduce nutrient run-off.
Tom Jones is aiming to use multi species leys and rotational grazing to improve feed efficiency and reduce inputs on...
9 April 2021
Grassland management on Welsh farms has been transformed in a decade with one beef farmer describing rotational grazing as an ‘absolute game-changer’ for his business.
Paul Williams, who runs a suckler herd at Cae Haidd, Llanrwst...