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A mobile vending machine which dispenses milk straight from the farm has proven to be a winning idea for a Welsh dairy farming family.

Early indications from an on-farm project in Wales has shown that intensive rotational grazing in sheep systems increases soil organic matter (SOM).

Growing herbal leys is helping a Welsh suckler beef farm grow and finish cattle at pasture while reducing its nitrogen use. Huw and Meinir Jones grow 6.5 hectares (ha) of a seed mix incorporating deep rooting plantain and chicory and nitrogen-fixing clover at Bryn Farm, a Farming Connect demonstration site near Cardigan. During a recent Farming Connect webinar, they said they had opted to include ryegrass in a mix rich in minerals to improve the longevity of the ley. “If the chicory and plantain fade out after four or five years we will still have clover and ryegrass,’’ said Mr ...

A NORTH Wales sheep farm is harvesting wood from its woodland to power a biomass boiler and to sell as woodfuel while adopting natural regeneration techniques to replace those trees. Huw Beech has a 12.5 hectare (ha) woodland at Plas yn Iâl, a 75ha farm near Llandegla, Denbighshire. The woodland, part of a Cadw registered historic woodland and parkland, has been unmanaged for 65 years. Mr Beech is working with Farming Connect on a focus site project utilising an approach to forest management where the canopy is retained while individual or small groups of trees are removed at certain...

Herbal leys helping suckler beef farm finish cattle at pasture 17 May 2021 | Herbal leys are helping the Jones' suckler beef farm finish cattle at pasture Growing herbal leys is helping a Welsh suckler beef farm grow and finish cattle at pasture while reducing its nitrogen use. At Bryn Farm, Huw and Meinir Jones grow 6.5 hectares of a seed mix incorporating deep rooting plantain and chicory and nitrogen-fixing clover. During a recent webinar hosted by the Welsh government-funded Farming Connect, they said they had opted to include ryegrass in a mix rich in minerals to improve the longevity o...