Battling Bracken: Control and alleviation strategies
18 February 2022
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Bracken is a significant pest problem across the UK and has been for many years
- Bracken outcompetes other vegetation reducing total biodiversity and impacting landscape usage potential for strategies...
Biological Indicators of Soil Health
2 February 2022
Dr Emma Davies: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Biological indicators can be used alongside physical and chemical tests to monitor soil quality.
- A thriving soil ecosystem, consisting of diverse communities of microorganisms and soil fauna is associated...
The importance of vapour pressure deficits (VPD) in agricultural plant growth
6 December 2021
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- VPD is a pressure difference between the inside of plants and the surrounding environment which impacts water flow, growth efficiency and carbon fixation
- Accurately controlling VPD can lead to...
FC - Issue 36 - November/December 2021
Below is the 36th issue of Farming Connect’s technical publication for farmers and foresters in Wales.
Published bi-monthly, it includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters, along with the latest information and research from...
Key points to reduce your livestock system’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions’ - 11/11/2021
Welsh farming practises are amongst some of the most sustainable and efficient in the world relying on abundant grass and rainfall and non-intensive methods. There is however more room to 'get greener' to reach the #NetZero target by 2050.
Here...
Trees and hedgerows - agriculture's active assets in climate change mitigation - 10/11/2021
In this video, Geraint Jones, Farming Connect Forestry Technical Officer presents how trees and hedgerows - natural assets found on many Welsh farms, can be strategically utilised to help mitigate the effects of climate change.
Whilst recognising their importance, it...