Technological prospects for poultry layer productivity
6 July 2020
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- The poultry industry is currently the fastest-growing meat production sector globally
- Whilst egg production is a vital source of nutrition, broiler systems have seen far more targeted innovation and...
WEBINAR: Beef enterprise performance - 02/07/2020
Join Farming Connect and independent beef & sheep specialist, Liz Genever, to learn more about the demonstration farm project at Bryn, Cardigan. The project is aiming to adopt a 'whole-system approach' to improve the efficiency and performance of the beef...
Stay safe…Wales Farm Safety Partnership issues a plea to all farming families this summer
2 July 2020
Most of us hear the words ‘stay safe’ on a daily basis these days. Since Covid-19 arrived, life has changed dramatically and it’s become even more of a priority to look after ourselves and our families. ...
WEBINAR: Milking for all it’s worth: results from a Farming Connect project on improving milk quality - 02/07/2020
Tom Greenham, Advance Milking discusses a recent project done with Farming Connect.
In 2019, Farming Connect commissioned a milk quality study in partnership with Kite Consulting, South Caernarfon Creameries and Advance Milking. The aim of this trial was to establish whether using...
WEBINAR: The Resilient Farmer - Bounce forward from a crisis - 30/06/2020
Doug Avery is a New Zealand farmer who 20 years ago was hit by an eight year drought. Doug recovered 10 years later from his depression to win South Island Farmer of the Year. In 2014 Doug and his wife...
WEBINAR: Moocall - using calving and heat detection technology - 29/06/2020
Wasted time and lost profitability are pitfalls every farmer can fall into. Whether it's time spent checking your cows for tail paint, or if it's waiting for signs of calving for a cow who won't give birth for days. Ag-Tech...
Chicory could hold key to higher lamb DLWG at Denbighshire sheep farm
26 June 2020
A Welsh lamb producer is aiming to capture an average daily liveweight gain (DLWG) of 300g/day by including chicory in his grazing rotation.
Hugh Jones runs a closed flock of 350 ewes at Pentre Farm...
WEBINAR: Llwyn Goronwy: Evaluating the benefits of milk recording in the spring calving herd - 25/06/2020
Sean Chubb from LLC discusses how we can make use of NMR’s Grazing 4 recording service to:
- Cull persisent high cell count cow
- Select cows for breeding based on performance
- Rank cows at Llwyn Goronwy on kilograms of milk solids (MS)- per...