Another opportunity to listen back to a recent webinar at your leisure. Herbal leys are an increasingly popular option for livestock farmers. This episode discusses establishing and managing herbal leys for livestock production with Monty White, Agricultural Project Manager for...

Dr Natalie Meades: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

December 2023

• Docks are perennial weeds that compete with forages of nutritional importance for livestock production. A heavy presence of docks within pastures and grasslands can be problematic where they can reduce forage productivity...

There will be a series of engagement events around Wales in January and February.
These events will run from 14:00 to 20:00. They will comprise a mix of formal presentations and information stands where you can discuss the consultation and...

04 December 2023

Lamb finishing times could be significantly shortened at a Powys livestock farm this autumn after red and white clover leys were established in the grazing rotation.

Fferm Awel y Grug, a Farming Connect ‘Our Farms’ farm...

Forester and Farming Connect Mentor, Phil Morgan, shares his work at Coed Fron Drain near Mold, a sustainably managed forest which was discussed whilst representing Wales at the 2022 International Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) conference in France. 

CCF is an...

Tom Tolputt is an organic farmer in Cornwall who's spent the last 25 years searching for the answer.  The key to achieving sustainable farming systems for Tom, co-founder of TerraFarmer, a regenerative & biological farm consultancy is to build soil...

27 January 2023

Novel techniques that reduce ammonia levels in poultry litter could help livestock farmers meet new environmental targets.

A three-year Farming Connect trial at Wern Farm, near Welshpool, showed how introducing non-infective bacteria into sheds had dried...