Good soil husbandry under the spotlight at Farming Connect Master Soils
18 October 2018
Improving the structure, organic matter and nutrient status of soils could help many Welsh farms become more productive amid agricultural support reforms.
During a two-day Farming Connect Master Soils workshop, farmers were advised that they...
Use of membrane filtration technology to reduce agricultural pollution
4 October 2018
Dr Stephen Chapman: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
- Agricultural pollution is a growing cause of concern
- Membrane technologies can filter nitrogen and other pollutants from agricultural waste streams
- Membrane technologies can also be used to...
FC - Issue 17
Below is the 17th 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...
Clean and Dirty Water - Keith Owen
Unnecessary collection of rainwater can significantly reduce available storage capacity in slurry stores over the winter months, resulting in forced disposal of material to the land potentially during wet weather conditions.
MasterGrass inspires one young hill farmer to change his grazing policy
18 September 2018
Recent MasterGrass attendee Dafydd Jones from Llys Dinmael, Maerdy has set about changes to his home farms ewe flock grazing strategy by installing and implementing a rotational grazing system which includes splitting fields and piping water...