Preparing a winter feed budget
Dr Ruth Wonfor: IBERS, Prifysgol Aberystwyth
Take home messages:
- Make sure you prepare a feed budget early for the winter months to ensure maximum profitability over the period.
- Don’t underestimate the nutritional requirements of your herd, make sure your livestock...
Rumen fluke in cattle: Future research perspectives in IBERS
Dr Ruth Wonfor: IBERS, Aberystwyth University
Take home messages:
- There is often no clinical significance of rumen fluke, but if calves grazing waterlogged pasture show signs of severe diarrhoea, rumen fluke diagnosis should be considered.
- Rumen fluke infections are often...
Exploring management options this winter
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Farmers are invited to find out more about different management options for their livestock this winter during an open event at one of Farming Connect’s demonstration farms.
The event will highlight the farming system at Rhiwgriafol, Talywern, Machynlleth...
Lameness in Beef Herds
By Sara Pedersen MRCVS, Farm Dynamics Ltd, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan
Lameness is a painful condition for the animal and a costly one for the producer. Whilst there has been a large focus on lameness in dairy cattle, beef cattle...
Testing to identify Bovine Tuberculosis in cattle
Background
Bovine tuberculosis (TB) is a zoonotic notifiable disease in cattle caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium bovis.
Early efforts at detecting TB in cattle relied solely on physical examination of the animal, but despite the fact that there were...
Business planning puts North Wales farmer on course for expansion thanks to Farming Connect
Young farmer Dylan Hughes and his wife Hanna, both 29 years old, farm 64 acres near Holywell in Flintshire, a combination of owned and rented land. In recent years, the main farming enterprise has been the purchase of cross-bred calves...