Dairy farm’s switch to rearing replacements shows clear benefits
21 October 2022
A Welsh dairy farm is taking back control of future herd health and performance by rearing its own heifer replacements.
The Jarman family had operated a flying herd policy for 12 years, purchasing all their replacements...
Dairy: January - April 2022
This dashboard outlines key dairy activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between January - April 2022.
Red Meat: January 2022 - April 2022
This dashboard outlines red meat key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between January 2022 - April 2022.
Episode 70: Sustainable Farming Scheme- Delving deeper into the detail
This podcast will be an opportunity to understand a bit more about the Sustainable Farming Scheme proposals and how the scheme could operate in the context of a real sheep farm. We’ll be focusing on the Universal Actions for benchmarking...
Welsh farmers better informed to tackle cryptosporidium thanks to EIP Wales study
26 September 2022
Protocols to tackle persistent cryptosporidium infection impacting lamb and calf health and performance at a Welsh livestock farm are being informed by the findings of a European Innovation Programme (EIP) Wales project that pinpointed the source...
Episode 69- Preparing for tupping with vet Tom Searle
In the last episode of the podcast we heard about the three 'P's of sustainable farming. This time we'll here about the three 'T's- teeth, testicles and toes with vet Tom Searle as he discusses a very important procedure 'The...
Zoom Around The World - 2021 Pig Producer of the Year unit tour - LSB Pigs (full video) - 02/08/2022
For readers of the Farmers Guardian or Farmers Weekly, Rob McGregor, will be a familiar name and known to many in the industry for his innovative work as the Unit Manager for Award-winning Pig Producer, LSB Pigs.
In this episode...