Lamb producer captures additional liveweight with focus on grazing
10 July 2018
A livestock farmer who adopted a rotational grazing system to fatten lambs with support from Farming Connect has finished 8% more to market standards and gained an additional 1.5kg liveweight per lamb.
Rhun Williams, who runs...
FC - Issue 15
Below is the 15th 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...
An organic livestock demonstration site has increased suckler cow numbers by 50% by splitting fields into paddocks and rotationally grazing the herd
16 April 2018
An organic livestock demonstration site has increased suckler cow numbers by 50% by splitting fields into paddocks and rotationally grazing the herd.
Gwyn and Delyth Parry converted their system to organic in 2008 and, in...
Pengelli Rotational Grazing
Switching to rotational grazing from a set stocking system is allowing a Welsh sheep farmer to increase his stocking rate by 25%.
Alwyn Phillips, who runs two performance-recorded pedigree flocks of Texels and Poll Dorsets near Caernarfon, is bucking...
Pen y Gelli - Rotational Grazing
Here's Gethin Davies our Red Meat Technical Officer for North Wales visiting Pen y Gelli, one of our focus sites to see their new rotational grazing system.
English Subtitles available on YouTube.
Dolygarn
James Powell
Dolygarn, Llanbadarn Fynydd, Llandrindod Wells, Powys
Key areas you wish to focus on as a demonstration farmer?
Soil health: our aim is to fatten everything from grass but heavy soils are our limiting factor. Understanding the symbiosis...
Fferm Carreg Plas
Fferm Carreg Plas, Aberdaron, Pwllheli, Gwynedd
Focus Site Project: Transitioning from set stocking to a techno grazing system
Project aims
The main aim of the project is to demonstrate the transition from a set stocking system to a rotational grazing...