Ear to the Ground / Clust i'r Ddaear

#74 - Electricity for poultry production and renewable options

Dec 11, 2022

This episode is the second in our series for poultry producers, but the content will also be of interest for farmers with high on site energy consumption. Catherine Price, Lead Dairy and Poultry Technical Officer at Farming Connect is joined by not one, not two but three guests. We have egg producers Llyr Jones and...

#73 - Effective succession planning

Nov 30, 2022

This episode is presented by Alison Harvey, Agri Supply Chain Advisor at Rural Advisor. She is joined by Solicitor and Managing Partner at Agri Advisor, Dr Nerys Llewelyn Jones. One of the most difficult conversations to be had revolves around succession planning, especially when dealing with the issue within a...

#73 - Cynllunio olyniaeth effeithiol

Nov 30, 2022

Cyflwynir y bennod hon gan Alison Harvey, Cynghorydd Cadwyn Gyflenwi Amaeth gyda Rural Advisor. Yn ymuno â hi, mae'r gyfreithwraig a Phartner Rheoli Agri Advisor, Dr Nerys Llewelyn Jones. Cynllunio olyniaeth yw un o’r sgyrsiau anoddaf i’w cael, yn arbennig felly wrth ymdrin â’r mater o fewn busnes ffermio, lle...

#72 - Tree planting working for a 500 cow dairy unit at Hendre Llwyn y Maen

Nov 13, 2022

Hendre Llwyn y Maen is a hill farm of approximately 400 acres with additional in buy land rising up to 1100ft above sea level . Robin Crossley, the owner, is a keen environmentalist and values the woodlands as an important component of the farm providing game shooting, shelter for stock and wildlife habitat. In...

#71 - Numerous challenges concern new entrants to the egg industry

Oct 24, 2022

Cath Price is Farming Connects Lead Dairy and Poultry Technical Officer. At home she also farms with her husband Dan, 20 minutes South of Newtown and have recently invested in a laying hen unit. Their new shed, and first flock was placed in December 2020 and the second flock this August.
Like most other egg producers,...