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...
Farming for a sustainable future is within the grasp of all Welsh farmers
17 April 2018
Farmers throughout Wales are being urged to find out what steps they should be taking to prepare their businesses for the political and economic changes which will impact on the industry when we leave the...
An organic livestock demonstration site has increased suckler cow numbers by 50% by splitting fields into paddocks and rotationally grazing the herd
16 April 2018
An organic livestock demonstration site has increased suckler cow numbers by 50% by splitting fields into paddocks and rotationally grazing the herd.
Gwyn and Delyth Parry converted their system to organic in 2008 and, in...