Alternative Bedding Options for Dairy Cows: Recycled Manure Solids
Dr Natalie Meades: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
March 2024
Recycled manure solids (RMS) otherwise known as separated manure solids, dairy waste solids or green bedding is an alternative form of bedding for dairy cows.
In the UK and Wales, the use...
Farming Connect Try Out Fund Helps Farmers Improve Lamb Performance and Sustainability
06 June 2024
A project by David & Will Lewis, Treforgan, Llandrindod Wells, has been awarded funding through the Farming Connect Try Out Fund. The project, which will be comparing lamb performance on different leys is one of 17...
Episode 102 - Getting the most of silage at lambing - planning and monitoring starts now - Part 2
Welcome to Ear to the Ground. This is a two part episode focusing on the information disseminated to farmers at a recent Farming Connect Event at Dylasau Uchaf, Padog, Dyffryn Conwy. If you haven’t yet listened to the previous episode...
Episode 101 - Getting the most of silage at lambing - planning and monitoring starts now - Part 1
In this two part episode we visit one of our focus farms involved on Our Farm Network. Beca Glyn and the family farm at Dylasau Uchaf, Padog, Dyffryn Conwy and has this year been working in collaboration with Farming Connect...
Why every Welsh farm should set a goal to increase soil organic carbon
30 May 2024
Reducing soil disturbance, growing cover crops and increasing plant diversity will help Welsh farms better cope with future climate challenges.
As the industry moves towards utilising more sustainable food production techniques, the goal of every farm...
Farming Connect’s highly successful Women in Agriculture event returns – and this year it’s on the move!
29 May 2024
Women working in agriculture throughout Wales are being invited to join Farming Connect on 4 road trips of discovery. They will be given an insider’s view of some of Wales’ most successful rural businesses, hearing at...
Mentoring helps farm make switch from producing livestock to growing grapes
28 May 2024
With no experience of cultivating vines, Farming Connect mentoring from an established producer has been key in helping Geoffrey and Cath Easton make the successful transition from livestock farming to growing grapes and producing...
Support for Growers and Farmers at the Smallholding & Countryside Festival
13 May 2024
The Smallholding and Countryside Festival at the Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, is back on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May 2024, where Farming Connect will be present to provide you with support and advice. Whether you...
Nut trial looks at viability of producing walnuts in Wales
08 May 2024
A Carmarthenshire couple are experimenting with growing nuts on their land.
Martyn Williams and Alison Harwood have planted walnut and sweet chestnut trees on a one-hectare south facing slope overlooking the River Towy.
They have chosen varieties...