Below is the 27th 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...

Bryn Hughes, an agrochemical expert discussing different methods of controlling weeds in grassland.

• Good practices to prevent weeds invading 
• Know your enemy
• Seed banks 
• Dock control in grassland
• Generalweeds
• Clover safe stages for weed control 

19 May 2020

Dairy farmers who improve silage quality by just 1 metabolisable energy (ME) value, to 11.5ME, will produce an additional 60,000 litres of milk from a 1,000 tonne crop.

The financial payback of producing good quality silage...

Earlier this year Rhys Williams of Precision Grazing Ltd visited New Zealand to meet leading agribusiness consultants, to observe sustainable livestock productions systems and to asses how their agricultural industry in responding to the environmental challenges. Tune in to find...

15 May 2020

Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• There are many advantages to a pasture-based milking system including improved product quality, increased farm profitability and reduced environmental impacts.
• The main difficulty with pasture-based milk production systems is the...

14 May 2020

Home-grown spring barley could help a Welsh suckler enterprise cut its bull beef finishing costs. 

The Griffith family planted 27 acres of the crop in two fields at Bodwi, a Farming Connect demonstration site at Mynytho...

This dashboard outlines land key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2019 – March 2020.

Dave Davies from Silage Solutions discussing ideas on how to produce top quality silage.

• What influences the quality of silage?
• What management factors can be done to ensure good quality silage?
• What are the secrets in producing good silage?

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