Gaerfechan have diversified into a free range egg production enterprise comprising of 32,000 bird unit. To complement the project the need for tree planting to establish woodland areas...

Introduction to project: 

Cows at Pensarnau farm are housed for most of...

Project Introduction:

Monitoring animal health and developing an effective health plan will ensure timely interventions are undertaken, reduce management costs, prevent and control disease and, therefore, improve the health...

This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between January – March 2024

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To build on the success we have had in controlling poultry red mites: we have trialled products to control infestations during...

Project aims:

• To identify and evaluate four different soil sampling techniques across two fields- one in arable production and one on a grassland field
• To use two Electrical Conductivity (EC)...

Project aims:

• The aim of this project is to raise awareness of the first genomic breeding values (GEBV’s) available for the beef industry...

Lean Management in the Dairy Business

Project aims: 

• Lean Management is a management model that has been devised to support and assist with continuous...

Project aims:

• To compare the benefits of genomic testing against parental average data when selecting which bulls to use on which cows for the best...

Drinking-water availability has always been a concern for the sheep farm, Wallog, located on the Cardigan coast, near Clarach, Ceredigion. In a low rain-fall area of Wales, the farm relies on an ageing network...