This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2019 - November 2019.

28 January 2020

Correct management of pregnant ewes will reduce the number of lamb mortalities from birth to weaning.

Lamb losses post-lambing can be as high as 15% in Welsh flocks yet many are preventable, insists vet Helen Scott...

27 January 2020

Cerys Fairclough might be only 16, but she’s got a wise head on young shoulders.  Agriculture student Cerys says that being selected for last year’s Farming Connect Agri Academy Junior Programme has given her a very...

Cerys Fairclough shares her stories and the values of the Agri Academy to her. Remember that the application window is open until 31st March 2020!

22 January 2020

Lamb producers experiencing abortion rates above 2% are being advised to test ewes for the main abortion-causing pathogens.

Nearly a quarter of all lamb losses on Welsh farms are due to abortion, yet Enzootic Abortion of...

20 January 2020

Sheep farmers who carefully manage ewe nutrition in the last eight weeks of pregnancy will be rewarded with the successful growth and development of the unborn lamb.

Ewe nutrition is important at all stages of pregnancy...

In this episode we visit Erw Fawr on Anglesey, which is one of Farming Connect’s new demonstration farms. We have the farmer Ceredig Evans and Farming Connect's Dairy technical officer Rhys Davies as company.

6 January 2020

Farming Connect’s first skills application window of 2020 will open at 09:00 on Monday, 6 January and close at 17:00, Friday, 28 February. 

With a number of new face to face and online training options recently...