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18 August 2020

Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• When excluding feed production, manure produces the most greenhouse gases in the process of pig rearing.
• Housing has a significant impact on nitrous oxide and ammonia emissions, with slatted...

18 August 2020

Due to the restrictions of Covid 19, although it’s not ‘training as usual’ as yet for Farming Connect, face-to-face training courses held exclusively outdoors can now resume immediately. This means that provided the Welsh Government’s current...

17 August 2020

Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• The environmental impact of livestock production is currently under intense scrutiny, often with a focus on ruminants but it is important to consider the contribution of monogastric animals too...

The Farming Connect Ear to the Ground podcast has now recorded a year's worth of content, attracting 10,000 downloads during the period. Remember that you can listen to any of these at your convenience.

Farming Connect and Menter Moch Cymru discover the opportunities and considerations of keeping pigs commercially as an alternative income. 

Independent pig consultant, Mick Sloyan gives an overview of the sector in terms of its structure and typical routes to market. He...

This webinar links the ways of obtaining improved health in your pigs with the clear effects on their contentment and happiness.

The commentary highlights the three most important and straightforward ways of improving pig health on all participants' enterprises, improve performance...

Join Farming Connect and pig farmers, Kyle Holford and Lauren Smith from Forest Coalpit Farm to discover how they got into pig farming since moving from London to their 20 acre holding in the Brecon Beacons, in 2014.

Both Kyle...

Join us for a session looking at market trends of pork, chicken and eggs. 

A representative from Kantar talks us through some of the consumer knowledge and insights they have found, specifically looking at products associated with the pig and poultry...