Performance recording and benchmarking are key for success in the livestock sector but what additional value can PLF offer?

This webinar introduces farmers and industry practitioners to the concept of PLF, and the challenges and opportunities that it brings.

A...

12 October 2020

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Nanotechnology is already playing roles in modern agriculture and could have further implementation in the future
• More research is needed to determine the environmental impacts of specific usage of...

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8 October 2020

A dairy-to-beef calf rearing and finishing enterprise is utilising grass more efficiently and maintaining sward quality since establishing a rotational system of grazing.

Neil Davies and his family had been running a suckler beef herd at...

8 October 2020

Today on Clean Air Day a Farming Connect study has found that consumers can help egg producers reduce ammonia levels by switching their buying choices from extra-large brown eggs to white, slightly smaller eggs.

Farmer Llyr...

8 October 2020

Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• The poultry industry has seen huge growth and advancement in the past few decades, with the UK currently producing 1.7 million tonnes of chicken meat and 11.4 million eggs.
• Whilst...

6 October 2020

Two brothers are aiming to build on the success they have achieved in their large-scale dairy farming business by providing an opportunity for a share farmer.

Alun and Paul Price run a herd of 800 Holstein...

6 October 2020

Dr David Cutress, Aberystwyth University.

• Internet access is not universal across the entirety of the UK with there being clear evidence of an urban/rural divide
• Agriculture, along with all other sectors are advancing into a...