08 Sep 2020 News Community, Environment, Food and drink, Agriculture, COVID‐19 (coronavirus), Investment, Grants More than £100million of new investment in Wales’ rural economy announced Hundreds of projects boosting the rural economy, enhancing biodiversity and improving food sector resilience throughout Wales will be backed by a
08 Sep 2020 News Agriculture Harmless bacteria help to reduce poultry shed ammonia levels at Welsh farm A strategy of adding non-infective bacteria to the environment of hens at a Welsh free range egg farm is reducing ammonia levels that can impact on
04 Sep 2020 News Agriculture Upland farm embarks on trials in bid to eliminate creep from lamb fattening Protected urea can be a key tool for reducing emissions in grassland farming but a trial at a Welsh livestock farm has highlighted possible
03 Sep 2020 News Agriculture Farming Connect’s skills application window opens and all face-to-face training resumes Farming Connect’s face-to-face training is underway again. Due to the restrictions of Covid-19, although it’s not quite ‘training as usual’ as yet for
02 Sep 2020 News Agriculture Welsh beef farm targets financial and cow health gains with compact calving Heat detection technology is putting a Welsh beef farm in control of suckler herd fertility. The calving period in the Jones family’s herd of 70 Welsh
27 Aug 2020 News Agriculture Heavier ewe lambs achieve higher scanning percentages, trial shows Weight at tupping can have an important influence on conception rates in ewe lambs, a study at a Welsh farm suggests. David Lewis breeds from his ewe
26 Aug 2020 News Agriculture New Breeding Evaluations Increase the Value of Genetics in Hill Sheep Breeding Programmes Major changes to the way farmers evaluate the genetic merit of hill sheep are set to make the selection of hill rams easier and more profitable. The