With at least two of his daughters keen to come home to farm in the near future, Edward made the decision in 2023 to disperse the suckler herd at Hafod y Foel...

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...

This module explains beef suckler cow feeding, monitoring of body condition score, consideration for different management systems and specific nutritional disorders.

Key areas you wish to focus on as a demonstration farmer?

Foot health in a robotic milking system: we are interested in alternatives to footbathing; in a conventional milking system footbathing can easily be done...

This is a half day training course with a certificate issued upon successful completion.

The course will cover the following points: What is Biosecurity? Equipment required for maintenance of biosecurity; How to obtain the required equipment; Reasons for biosecurity and site...

Project aims:

• Mastitis continues to be an important health problem on dairy farms and has a negative impact on cow health and production. There is a need to...

Sheep scab, caused by the mite Psoroptes ovis, leads to major economic losses to the UK flock and impacts sheep welfare. Studies consistently show that sheep on common grazing are at high risk of infection and that proper quarantine of...

Many new builds are constrained by a narrow set of design factors or where the design process is driven by the building supplier, on a cost basis. But there are many other important factors to consider.