This dashboard outlines dairy key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between September 2019 - December 2019.

In this episode, we visit Hardwick Farm near Abergavenny to meet dairy farmer, David Jones, and Genus’ Technical Services Consultant, Patrick Spencer. David and Patrick explain the benefits of using the Genus feed face technology to monitor cow feeding and...

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...