Business: December 2020 – March 2021
This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2020 – March 2021.
Livestock: December 2020 – March 2021
This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2020 – March 2021.
WEBINAR: Carbon myth busting on livestock farms - 04/05/2021
Join Farming Connect and Helen Ovens, ADAS for webinar on carbon on livestock farms.
The webinar will cover the following points:
- Key sources of emissions on livestock farms
- The carbon balance – storing and sequestration
- What do “carbon calculators”- do...
Farming Connect’s skills application window opens as face-to-face training resumes
28 April 2021
Farming Connect’s face-to-face training is underway again. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, although it’s not quite ‘training as usual’ as yet for Farming Connect, face-to-face training courses are now available provided all the current pandemic guidelines are...
AgriTech 4.0: Future perspectives for technology
28 April 2021
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Technological advancement is undergoing rapid and continual development within the agricultural sector
- Technologies are moving towards more environmental considerations as a new focus for the sector as a whole ...
Pig fertility uplift can come from simple changes to herd management
27 April 2021
Simple changes to pig management can result in significant improvements in fertility on units struggling with reproduction.
Factors influencing pig fertility are many and varied and can be due to infectious or non-infectious causes, says pig...
How Welsh farmers can benefit from new ammonia emissions tool
16 April 2021
A new online tool has been launched in Wales to help farmers cut ammonia emissions.
The new Clean Air Tool, which sits on the Farming Connect website, gives practical advice on steps farmers can take to...
Regenerative agriculture: buzzword and beyond
15 April 2021
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Regenerative agriculture aims to shift away from productivity and sustaining outputs towards the four R’s, renewal, recovery, replacement and repair of ecosystems.
- Many farmers already use individual regenerative practices...
FC - Issue 32 - March/April 2021
Below is the 32nd 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 our...