Johne's disease (paratuberculosis) is a chronic enteritis of adult cattle and sheep caused by Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP). The main signs in cattle are progressive weight loss and chronic diarrhoea. Diagnosis and control are difficult. If your herd has...

This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between October - December 2023

This will be a two - day practical course for all ability levels. 

For wool - handlers of all experience levels. 

• Health & Safety 

• Wool terminology

• Practical Training in wool - handling

• Packing (or pressing) and stitching woolsacks 

• Preparation guidelines for Full...

Workshop attendees will learn about the clinical signs, transmission, diagnosis and monitoring of BVD. The main focus will be on the significance of Persistently Infected (PI) animals in disease transmission, and the biosecurity and biocontainment measures that can be taken...

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...

Project objectives:

• Maximise dry matter output from productive areas of the hill farm through looking at grass and forage crop options, primarily...

Project aims

• The potential cost benefit of heifer synchronisation to achieve a tight spring calving block whilst moving from an AYR (all-year-round) herd which...

Project aims:

• To reduce any unnecessary use of, and ensure responsible use of antibiotics on Welsh dairy farms.
• The project will gather data on drug purchases per year from a group of...

Project aims:

• The growing evidence of anthelmintic failure within the Welsh sheep industry is of great concern (HCC’s WAARD project 2015) and threatens the sustainable production of lamb in...