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New Clean Air Tool helps farmers cut ammonia emissions 27 April 2021 | The online tool gives Welsh farmers tips and advice to cut ammonia emissions Farmers in Wales are being encouraged to use a new online tool that helps them reduce ammonia emissions. The Clean Air Tool has been launched by industry scheme Farming Connect, which is funded by the Welsh government. The free-to-use online tool gives practical advice on steps farmers can take to lower their farm's emissions. Among the measures covered are methods of storing and spreading slurry and manure, tips on spreading fertiliser and chang...

Clean Air Tool launched to cut farm-based ammonia emissions >More in © FLPA/Shutterstock Welsh farmers are being encouraged to use a simple online tool that suggests ways to cut ammonia emissions. Farming is estimated to account for about 85% of all Welsh ammonia emissions.  While in low concentrations ammonia is not harmful to human health, it reacts with other pollutants to make particulate matter, which can lead to lung health problems. The tool contains tips and advice on: Methods of storing and spreading slurry and manure Tips o...

Huw Beech has a 12.5 hectare (ha) woodland at Plas yn Iâl, a 75ha farm near Llandegla. 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 times. This technique, known as continuous cover forestry, allows light to reach the forest floor, to encourage new seedlings to grow. This will allow him to generate an income by selling the wo...

By Farmer reporter Grassland management on Welsh farms has been transformed in a decade with one beef farmer describing rotational grazing as an ‘absolute game-changer’ for his business. Paul Williams, who runs a suckler herd at Cae Haidd, Llanrwst, was a Farming Connect demonstration farmer for three years from 2016. During a webinar reflecting on a decade of Farming Connect demonstration sites, Mr Williams said he had more than doubled his stocking rate and now turns cattle out to graze three weeks earlier in the spring thanks to techniques he put in place as a result of being a...

By Farmer reporter FARM safety expert and instructor Brian Rees, from Abbeycwmhir, near Llandrindod Wells has been awarded one of Welsh agriculture’s most prestigious awards, the Lantra Wales Lifetime Achievement Award. Described as a true ambassador for farm safety, Brian has spent more than 35 years raising awareness of what is widely acknowledged as a poor safety record within the UK agriculture industry, with many lives and livelihoods lost every year. “Brian has devoted most of his professional life to this hugely important campaign, over the years providing farm safety train...