Want or need to get your cv noticed?
18 May 2020
Setting out your skills and experience for a cv or completing a job application form can be daunting. Some of us think we have too much to say, while others, especially those just starting out in...
Dairy farm exploits genomic testing to identify most productive heifer replacements
15 May 2020
A Pembrokeshire dairy farm is screening the genomics of its heifer calves to select the best replacements for the milking herd.
Rearing replacements is one of the biggest costs on a dairy farm - rearing a...
Project informs management changes that reduce parasite dosing in goats
15 May 2020
Goat meat producers with low stocking rates who turn herds out to graze on long swards intermittently are reporting significantly less worm challenges.
Four goat meat businesses in Wales have come together for a project that...
More milk from more forage
15 May 2020
Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- There are many advantages to a pasture-based milking system including improved product quality, increased farm profitability and reduced environmental impacts.
- The main difficulty with pasture-based milk production systems is the...
Beef finisher hopes to cut production costs with home-grown crimped barley
14 May 2020
Home-grown spring barley could help a Welsh suckler enterprise cut its bull beef finishing costs.
The Griffith family planted 27 acres of the crop in two fields at Bodwi, a Farming Connect demonstration site at Mynytho...
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Business: December 2019 – March 2020
This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2019 – March 2020.
The future of technologies for cattle fertility and calf health
12 May 2020
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- The cattle industry is a key provider of food-produce globally through both meat and milk production
- Technologies are increasingly being used to improve both animal welfare and productivity of...
What’s on? - 06/05/2020
This flyer will provide you further information on the services we have to support you during this
uncertain time, from one-to-one surgeries to informative podcasts – we have it covered.
Farming Connect’s online webinars help the industry ‘stay connected’ during the coronavirus lockdown
5 May 2020
Farming Connect is providing a series of short, informative twice-weekly online webinars – online group seminars or meetings - on a wide range of topical agricultural subjects as part of its ‘digital delivery’ provision, arranged in...
COVID 19 – Keeping children safe on the farm
4 May 2020
HSE is calling on the farming industry to keep their children safe whilst they stay at home during COVID-19 restrictions.
With schools closed, more children will be staying at home on the farms and the Health...