Project aims:

• Improve feed self-sufficiency for the farm’s suckler herd.
• Reduce feed costs by buying in less concentrates.
• Compare the...

This module covers the detection, diagnosis and prevention of Parasitic Gastroenteritis (PGE) and lungworm in cattle.

This course is a 3-hour training workshop and a certificate of attendance will be issued on completion of the workshop. Workshops are delivered by local vet practices pan Wales. 

Workshop attendees will understand all the stakeholders who want farms to...

Over the past 5 years, increasingly drier summer months have led Marc, Wynn and Bethan, who farm at Cilthrew, to investigate improving...

Main Objectives

• Improve grass utilisation.
• Maintain farm profitability while reducing reliance on subsidies.
• Secure a viable farming business for the next generation.

Orsedd Fawr Farm Facts

Demonstration Site Project

“There is...

This module explains beef suckler cow feeding, monitoring of body condition score, consideration for different management systems and specific nutritional disorders.

Project Aims and Objectives:

Implement on farm changes

• To work with network of farmers throughout Wales to :-
  • Implement the latest advice and recommendations from SCOPS and COWS
  • Implement regular monitoring of worm burdens through faecal...

This module looks at the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of common scour or diarrhoea in calves.

Layscanning (PD Your Cows) Course 

4-day Lay scanning Training DEFRA Approved Course for Farmers 

This is a course aimed at non-veterinarians who wish to learn the art of pregnancy diagnosis for own farm use or as a commercial enterprise. Scanning...