Farming & Countryside
Farming can stand up to the challenge of climate if the right policies are in place, claim farmers in Wales A panel event, organised by the Nature Friendly Farming Network (NFFN), was held to discuss climate action in UK agriculture and what is needed to drive change. Organised as part of the Oxford Real Farming Conference, […]
A dairy-beef producer is hitting average daily liveweight gains of 1kg/day off grass on a rotational grazing system. Neil Davies has overhauled his livestock system since becoming a Farming Connect demonstration farmer, switching from suckler beef production to rearing and finishing bought-in dairy beef cattle. He is also concentrating on growing more and better-quality grass […]
A dairy-beef producer is hitting average daily liveweight gains of 1kg/day off grass on a rotational grazing system. Neil Davies has overhauled his livestock system since becoming a Farming Connect demonstration farmer, switching from suckler beef production to rearing and finishing bought-in dairy beef cattle. He is also concentrating on growing more and better-quality grass […]
South Caernarfon Creameries (SCC) has joined forced with the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) and other industry stakeholders to help highlight accurate facts about greenhouse gas emissions from the sector amid the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow at the end of October (31st Oct). The aim is to help inform everyone […]
Nestled in the Snowdonia National Park, a few miles from the historic towns of Beddgelert and Penrhyndeudraeth, is Hafod y Llyn Isaf, a National Trust farm. The 110 acres holding is home to husband and wife team Teleri Fielden and Ned Feesey, 100 sheep and 20 cattle. The land here is mostly rush pasture and […]
The Welsh Government is asking for views on plans to change how livestock are identified, registered and their movements reported. The consultation, which runs until 2 January, relates to processes for sheep, goats, cattle and pigs together with the proposed implementation of Bovine Electronic Identification (Bovine EID). The changes the Welsh Government aims to implement […]
Dual purpose sheep? Maximising the value of Welsh fleeces proves a lucrative sideline for a ‘crafty’ Tywyn sheep farmer Gillian Williams has an impeccable pedigree when it comes to her knowledge of sheep! Breeding them, shearing them and making money from them comes naturally to this Falklands-born sheep farmer who now lives at her family’s […]
Controlled Environment Agriculture is a new vision to increase high tech food production in Wales which also has a positive impact on climate change has been launched by the Welsh Government. The new Controlled Environment Agriculture prospectus aims to see growth in the number of businesses using technology to provide sustainable systems of growing food […]
Snowdonia beef and sheep farming father and daughter team highlight importance of carbon audits on farm. Dylasau Uchaf, a National Trust tenant farm, is home to the Roberts family. Glyn and his daughter Beca keep a watchful eye on the land and livestock here in the Eidda valley, hidden away between the upper Conwy and […]
Food production and looking after the environment goes hand in hand says North Wales farming family. A farming family from North Wales who are leading the way in looking after the environment and food production, having recently undertaken extensive peatland restoration work on their farm in conjunction with Snowdonia National Park Authority and the Welsh […]
Knowing your farmer, being able to ask questions about their produce and how they look after the land is of paramount importance to Ceredigion dairy farming family the Thomas’s. The third generation to farm at Pantfeillionen, Horeb, Llandysul, Ceredigion, are Lyn and Lowri Thomas. Lyn has been farming since he was 16 and celebrates just […]
The warmer weather experienced over the past two weeks has brought relief for farmers in Wales, with grass now growing at the rate normally expected following several weeks of low temperatures which hampered the growth of the ‘green gold’ so important for livestock. Wales has been among the world’s innovators in recent decades in breeding […]