Twinning in suckler herds – could it be a useful system for increasing profitability?
Dr Ruth Wonfor: IBERS, Aberystwyth University
- Twinning in beef cattle has been suggested to be a way to increase profitability in suckler herds, by producing more calves from suckler cows.
- Genetic selection can be used to increase twinning...
3. Climate change in grass-based agricultural systems: approaches for mitigation
Take home messages:
- Climate change offers an enormous challenge to UK agricultural systems
- Agriculture is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, but could also offer opportunities to reduce the impact of climate change.
- Modifying current agricultural practice to mitigate...
2. Climate change in grass-based agricultural systems: approaches for adaptation
Dr William Stiles: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
- Climate change will have strong effects on pastoral production in the UK.
- Implementing management approaches to allow these systems to adapt to this future environmental change is essential.
- This will...
FC - Issue 8
Below is the 8th 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...
Reserve a place at your nearest ‘Farming for the future’ roadshow!
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As Brexit and its implications are debated daily by politicians and business people throughout the world, there is one thing everyone is broadly agreed upon! We are entering...
Lan Farm- Focus Site Project Review
In a commercial suckler herd, smaller cows weaned calves that were as heavy as calves from bigger cows and in doing so proved to have greater efficiency of production.
Phil Jones at Lan Farm, Cynwyl Elfed, Carmarthen has been...
Farming Connect’s next skills application window opens on 6 March – and one young farmer from Flintshire will definitely be applying!
Heidi Curtis has set her sights on being a successful farmer. Whether this ambitious young woman achieves that by helping develop her parent’s 200 acre dairy enterprise at Higher Kinnerton in Flintshire or by looking for work further afield remains to...