This dashboard outlines Venture key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2020 - May 2021.

'Through the Welsh Pasture Project, we sent in grass samples for analysis monthly and even though there wasn't much grass on the ground early on, the quality was still there'. Bleddyn Davies, Blaenglowon Fawr. 

29 June 2021

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Slurry can be both a significant waste consideration as well as a plentiful resource
• Slurry management can be a challenge but improved accuracy through technological innovations could assist with...

In this episode, we meet Huw Jones who farms with his wife Meinir at Bryn Farm near Cardigan. Together they run a suckler beef enterprise, grow barley, oats and wheat alongside their diversification projects which includes an animal bedding business...

17 June 2021

Dr David Cutress & Dr Gwen Rees: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) are highly prevalent in the UK cattle industry
• GINs can have implications on cattle health, welfare, productivity, and economics, particularly in youngstock...

Speakers:

Keith Owen, Environment Consultant and a Director of KeBeK Ltd who specialises in delivering infrastructure on-farm advice

Chris Duller, independent consultant specialising in delivering soil and grassland management advice across all of the livestock sectors

Earlier this year...

14 June 2021

Two Welsh livestock farms are taking steps to boost production efficiencies to make their systems more carbon-efficient.

Bryn Farm, near Cardigan, and Hendre Ifan Goch, at Bridgend, are both Farming Connect demonstration sites.

Through...