Dan & Cath Price, poultry farmers - 28/09/2021
Young poultry farmers avoid falling ‘fowl’ of the rules thanks to guidance from Farming Connect!
Zoom Around The World - New Zealand - 28/09/2021
Variable Milking Times
Our second Zoom Around the World adventure, we’re taking you on a long-haul flight to the Southern Hemisphere to meet a group of like-minded business owners who have reformed their farming systems by transitioning milk production to...
Benefits and pitfalls of clover overseeding examined at Welsh farm
23 September 2021
Grassland farmers aiming to maximise the nitrogen-fixing and livestock performance benefits of clover are being advised to aim for a minimum annual average of 20% in their swards.
“If it’s not 20% clover, it’s not doing...
Digital eye detecting cow lameness - 23/09/2021
Sophisticated monitoring technology is helping a Welsh dairy farm spot early signs of lameness in its milking herd.
The Evans family had been dedicating a milking each month to visually observing and mobility scoring cows as they walked out of...
Digital eye detecting cow lameness in Welsh dairy farm trial
22 September 2021
Sophisticated monitoring technology is helping a Welsh dairy farm spot early signs of lameness in its milking herd.
The Evans family had been dedicating a milking each month to visually observing and mobility scoring cows as...
Young poultry farmers avoid falling ‘fowl’ of the rules thanks to guidance from Farming Connect!
21 September 2021
When young farmers Dan and Cath Price hatched a plan for their own large-scale poultry enterprise at the family farm in Llaithddu, near Newtown, they turned to Farming Connect for the support and specialist knowledge they...
Trial shows only small grass yield drop from cutting summer nitrogen usage
20 September 2021
Halving the rate of fertiliser nitrogen (N) applied to grassland through the summer has resulted in a grass yield penalty of just 5% during a trial at a Pembrokeshire dairy farm.
Mountjoy, a Farming Connect...
FC - Issue 35 - September/October 2021
Below is the 35th issue of Farming Connect’s technical publication for farmers and foresters in Wales.
Published bi-monthly, it includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters, along with the latest information and research from...
Livestock: April 2021 – July 2021
This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between April 2021 – July 2021.
Dairy farm aiming to cut night calvings supported by Farming Connect project
13 September 2021
A Denbighshire dairy farm is adapting its dry cow management and feeding strategy in a bid to reduce calvings at night.
Bryn Farm, Tremeirchon, is shifting the calving pattern in its 90-cow herd from an...