One of George Wozencraft’s main drivers at Glanalders is to become more self-sufficient in energy while improving bird health and welfare. George has 20kW solar panels installed on his 16,000-layer bird flat deck system. However, the...

Overview:

Effective nutrient management is an essential part of producing high quality profitable crops whilst also protecting the wider environment. The FACTS Certification and Training Scheme covers best practice in fertiliser use and plant nutrient management, and allows successful candidates...

EDPET (Early Detection and Prompt Effective Treatment): Assessing the impact of improved lameness detection on lameness prevalence and lesion incidence.

Just under a third of dairy cows may be experiencing some degree of...

Main Objectives

• Improve animal husbandry and grassland management.
• Establish a strong and viable business and reduce production costs.
• Become as self-sufficient as possible, particularly in home grown proteins.

Tynyberth Farm Facts

Demonstration Site...

• Carwed Fynydd is an upland suckler beef and sheep farm. The farm rises to approximately...

One of the biggest challenges Welsh sheep farmers are facing is the control of ectoparasites as their resistance to chemical treatments is increasing and available effective chemical...

Project aim:

• Improve overall woodland management at Plas yn Iâl that will contribute a sustainable timber supply towards the farm’s energy needs. This will be done...

Food safety is vital for anyone producing it. Even at the small grower level you need to understand the legal implications and possible risk areas of food contamination and ensure they have all possible documentation to trace and track issues...

This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between November 2023 - January 2024