Launch of ‘Damara Môn’ lamb promises distinct eating experience
23 November 2020
‘Damara Môn’ will next week become the latest Anglesey based speciality brand to hit the food scene, offering a new and distinctive eating experience that has already got people across the UK showing interest.
“In many...
Poultry: October 2019 – September 2020
This dashboard outlines poultry key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between October 2019 - September 2020.
FC - Issue 30 - November/December 2020
Below is the 30th 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...
Part 2: Greenhouse gas emissions & environmental impacts of the poultry industry
19 November 2020
Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Whilst the poultry industry is efficient and has a small carbon footprint, issues arise in the production of ammonia, a harmful acidifying agent which impacts the environment and animal and...
Cost saving wins can be captured in beef systems with earlier finishing
17 November 2020
Improving silage quality by just 1.5ME can reduce beef finishing costs by £38/head.
At Pantyderi farm, a Farming Connect demonstration site near Boncath, Pembrokeshire, Wyn and Eurig Jones are aiming to increase efficiency in the 300...
Capacity audience seek guidance from Farming Connect’s FBG Yard Coverings webinar
12 November 2020
A capacity audience of 1,000 farmers registered for an online Farming Connect webinar when two invited presenters, one a leading Wales-based environmental specialist and the second a policy official from Welsh Government, explained how the Welsh...
Calling Wales’ dairy processors - Farming Connect launches milk quality project to increase returns for suppliers – express your interest by 19 November 2020
11 November 2020
A project which led to a significant improvement in milk quality on dairy farms supplying a Welsh creamery is being rolled out.
Farming Connect, in conjunction with Kite Consulting, is offering an opportunity for a processor...
WEBINAR: The true costs of rearing dairy heifer replacements
Farming Connect and Andy Dodd from the Farm Consultancy Group will discuss how the economics of rearing heifer replacements can vary from system to system and how calculating your own rearing costs is the first step in reducing it.
The...