16 July 2018
The past nine months has seen some extreme weather which is creating challenges when it comes to feeding livestock.These challenges include cows dropping in milk yield due to reduced feed availability and hence body condition...
14 July 2018
The shocking headline ‘You are looking at the person responsible for your own health and safety’ next to a mirror which reflects your own image… a new farm safety ‘top tips’ booklet that contains a powerful...
10 July 2018
A livestock farmer who adopted a rotational grazing system to fatten lambs with support from Farming Connect has finished 8% more to market standards and gained an additional 1.5kg liveweight per lamb.
Rhun Williams, who runs...
29 June 2018
Exceptional soil pH values resulting from regular applications of lime is allowing a Pembrokeshire organic dairy farm to grow grass using only home-produced slurry and farmyard manure.
Soil acidity is an influential factor in forage...
27 June 2018
Farmers across Wales suffering from the impact of the dry weather are being urged to plan ahead to reduce further impact on feed supply and livestock.
Challenging weather conditions since last autumn mean that forage...
26 June 2018
30 people were killed within the agricultural, forestry or fishery sectors in the UK during 2016 to 2017.
Those were the startling facts shared with Welsh farmers during a Farming Connect event at Coleg Amaethyddol...
Dr Elizabeth Hart: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
7 June 2018
The legacy of a young dairy farmer who died in tragic circumstances last year is set to live on as his father seeks a new entrant to farm the holding.
Owen Carlisle had built up a successful...
7 June 2018
A Welsh sheep breeder has made changes to his artificial insemination programme to further improve conception rates in his performance-recorded flock following a Farming Connect Management Exchange funded visit to Denmark and Sweden.
Alwyn Phillips, of...
