Animal Health & Welfare webinars… helping you protect the health of your stock
17 July 2020
Looking after the health and welfare of livestock is a priority for all farmers at all times. Ignoring early warning signs or letting things slip is simply not an option for any efficient, professionally run...
Factors affecting sheep flock productivity
17 July 2020
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Sheep farming globally supplies 3 – 4 % of red meat production with the potential to have an increasing role in future due to sheeps’ natural climate adaptability
- Currently...
WEBINAR: Maintaining grass quality from mid summer - 14/07/2020
Liz Genever, an independent consultant discussing factors that will affect the grass quality from mid-summer.
During this webinar the following points are covered:
- The importance of grass quality for stock performance
- Using different grazing strategies to prioritise stock
- How to set up pasture...
Venture: December 2019 – May 2020
This dashboard outlines Venture key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2019 - May 2020.
Thematic online approach for Farming Connect at this year’s Royal Welsh Show (July 20–23)
13 July 2020
Sadly, the restrictions of Covid-19 have scuppered attending this year’s Royal Welsh Show for the thousands of visitors from across the globe, hundreds of exhibitors and world-class livestock that all contribute to making this annual event...
WEBINAR: The economics and practicalities of rearing Holstein / Friesian dairy heifers on an upland sheep farm - 09/07/2020
Dafydd Jones, Llys Dinmael has been successfully rotationally grazing sheep for a few years now, and has now developed the system to rear dairy heifers alongside the sheep enterprise.
Dafydd and Andy Dodd from AHDB discuss key points on how to make...