WEBINAR: Milking efficiency: more milk, less time - 24/06/2020
Tom Greenham, Advance Milking discusses the important of milking efficiently.
With herd size growing and labour availability often being a challenge on dairy farms, improving the efficiency of milking can give significant savings in time and money. More efficient milking...
Live broadcasts to connect farmers with Farming Connect demonstration farm projects
23 June 2020
Farming Connect has found a creative solution to the temporary suspension of its on-farm events this summer with a series of live digital broadcasts from its demonstration sites.
These broadcasts will take the events to farmers...
Dairy: January 2020 – April 2020
This dashboard outlines dairy key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between January 2020 - April 2020.
High submission rates key to tight calving pattern on Welsh dairy farm
22 June 2020
Every missed heat in a block calving herd is a financial loss so hitting submission, conception and pregnancy rate targets increases profitability and allows farmers to select the right cows for breeding or culling.
Vet Kate...
WEBINAR: Women in Agriculture - Anna Truesdale: The importance of online marketing within agriculture - 17/06/2020
Anna Truesdale has over 23k followers on Instagram. On a day-to-day basis, she gives her followers an insight to the farm and the work she undertakes within the industry. Watch this webinar to discover:
- Her journey in becoming a social media...
Making silage in hot weather
11 June 2020
Whilst many farmers will welcome hot and dry weather when making their silage, it does bring different challenges. In drought conditions, we must focus on ensuring that we have high quality silage, accepting that crop yield...
Agricultural infrastructure: Part 2 Climate adaptations and mitigations
11 June 2020
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Agricultural infrastructure is vital for the functionality of the sector but also acts as a source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
- Whilst mitigation strategies are available or in development...
Agricultural infrastructure: Part 1 Climate impacts
10 June 2020
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Agricultural infrastructure has multiple areas where direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions can occur
- On-farm infrastructure as well as national/global level infrastructure both act as areas of potential GHG...