9 September 2021

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Agricultural and rural crimes are a growing concern in the UK
• Smart connected devices have shown promise across sectors for their role in security and intruder/theft detection
• Sensors and...

We will be visiting farms that have been trialling various technologies and new methods, including special protein crop, an innovative machine to get rid of docks, sensors in the poultry sector a new method of spreading fertiliser and the use...

1 September 2021

Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Many birds, starlings in particular, depredate TMRs and other hard feed, causing serious economic losses for the farmer and nutritional losses for livestock.
• Calculations suggest that on average, these...

19 August 2021

The past two days, Minister for Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths, has met with representatives from Farming Connect’s demonstration and innovation project sites and service users in Mid and South West Wales.

Discussing projects undertaken, innovation and...

Gillian Williams has an impeccable pedigree when it comes to her knowledge of sheep! Brought up on a 22,000 acre sheep farm, breeding them, shearing them and making money from them comes naturally to this Falklands-born sheep farmer who now...

18 August 2021

Gillian Williams has an impeccable pedigree when it comes to her knowledge of sheep! Breeding them, shearing them and making money from them comes naturally to this Falklands-born sheep farmer who now lives at her family’s...

16 August 2021

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Technologies can be integrated into on-farm infrastructure to improve animal welfare
• Systems that increase the ability to monitor groups of animals as individuals have the potential to massively boost...

16 August 2021

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Indoor environments and infrastructure can have a significant impact on livestock welfare with many regulations and best practice guides affecting this
• Often a perceived core concern of indoor welfare...

12 August 2021

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Fluke parasite infections cause a significant economic burden on agriculture worldwide as well as negatively impacting animal health and wellbeing
• Understanding where and when fluke and their snail intermediate...

Our first Zoom around the World takes us on a short-haul trip across the Irish Sea to meet Hanna and George of Ballyhubbock Farm in West Wicklow, Ireland. 

In 2017, the couple took the plunge and transitioned their business from...