FC - Issue 16
Below is the 16th 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...
Precision Livestock Farming
Dr Elizabeth Hart: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
- Precision livestock farming aims to increase animal productivity, improve animal welfare and health, whilst reducing environmental impact.
- The improvement of animal productivity is achieved using real time monitoring and management systems...
Rotational grazing; Implications for worm larvae burdens on pasture
Dr Elizabeth Hart: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
- The application of alternative measures to reduce the reliance on anthelmintics to treat parasites in livestock are an important issue.
- The rate of larval migration upon pastures largely depends on the...
Selective forage plant breeding and pasture management: the potential to improve methane mitigation and animal performance
16 May 2018
Dr Elizabeth Hart: Farming Connect Knowledge Exchange Hub, IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
- Current research aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, particularly enteric methane.
- Methane production comes from a community of microbes within the...
Synchronization success at Farming Connect Focus Site, Fferam Gyd
30 April 2018
Following a busy calving period at Fferam Gyd, Llyr Hughes can now reflect on his first experience of oestrus synchronization in his commercial herd at the Farming Connect focus site. Having previously used synchronization as a...