Biodiversity on Pentre Demonstration Farm - 13/07/2021
"Biodiversity on our farms" Forging a clear connection between habitat management on farm working hand in hand with food production whilst improving the environmental performance of our farms.
FC - Issue 34 - July/August 2021
Below is the 34th 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 our...
Venture: December 2020 – May 2021
This dashboard outlines Venture key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2020 - May 2021.
Welsh Pasture Project - 2021 Mid Season Review at Blaenglowon Fawr - 01/07/2021
'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.
Agricultural slurry management: manure and machines
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...
Episode 45 – Bryn Farm – a diverse rural business with farming at its core
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...