Livestock: December 2020 – March 2021
This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2020 – March 2021.
WEBINAR: Demo Farm Live: Pendre
Join Farming Connect at Pendre demonstration farm where you can hear from farmer Tom Evans about his farming system and learn more about current projects on improving leys and increasing soil organic matter. We will also be joined by grassland...
WEBINAR: Carbon myth busting on livestock farms - 04/05/2021
Join Farming Connect and Helen Ovens, ADAS for webinar on carbon on livestock farms.
The webinar will cover the following points:
- Key sources of emissions on livestock farms
- The carbon balance – storing and sequestration
- What do “carbon calculators”- do...
Farmer to finish lambs on herbal leys after seeing the benefits first-hand
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...
Farming Connect’s skills application window opens as face-to-face training resumes
28 April 2021
Farming Connect’s face-to-face training is underway again. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, although it’s not quite ‘training as usual’ as yet for Farming Connect, face-to-face training courses are now available provided all the current pandemic guidelines are...
AgriTech 4.0: Future perspectives for technology
28 April 2021
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Technological advancement is undergoing rapid and continual development within the agricultural sector
- Technologies are moving towards more environmental considerations as a new focus for the sector as a whole ...
A project in Wales has detected resistance to one or more wormer groups on 98% of participating farms.
23 April 2021
“At first sight this seems worrying but, because the testing is relatively sensitive and accurate, it means that on many farms we are identifying resistance in the early stages,’’ says sheep specialist James Hadwin, who is...
High quality grass could hold key to sheep milk production in Wales
19 April 2021
Wales’ ability to grow high quality grass could make it better placed to produce milk from sheep than regions with high numbers of dairy flocks.
Anglesey sheep farmer Huw Jones, who is aiming to establish his...
How Welsh farmers can benefit from new ammonia emissions tool
16 April 2021
A new online tool has been launched in Wales to help farmers cut ammonia emissions.
The new Clean Air Tool, which sits on the Farming Connect website, gives practical advice on steps farmers can take to...
Regenerative agriculture: buzzword and beyond
15 April 2021
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Regenerative agriculture aims to shift away from productivity and sustaining outputs towards the four R’s, renewal, recovery, replacement and repair of ecosystems.
- Many farmers already use individual regenerative practices...