Knowledge Exchange Hub

• Metabolic profiling - dairy cows
• How low can you go? The importance of protein in the dairy cow diet
• Optimising the dairy cow diet
• More milk from more forage
• Adding value to cow's milk
• Dairy cow fertility
• It takes two to tango - genomic testing of female dairy cattle
• Rumen fill scoring for monitoring health in dairy cows
• Robotic milking and cattle welfare
• The role of kappa-casein in cheese making
• Methods of pregnancy detection in dairy cattle
• The effect of production system on the omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid profiles of milk
• Using sexed semen and genetic technologies to improve dairy and beef herds
• Feasting like kings – how to prevent birds feeding on TMRs

• Metabolic profiling - ewes
• Ewe's milk for lambs
• Breeding ewe lambs
• Factors affecting sheep flock productivity
• Lamb Production and Wales: A Holistic Environmental Footprint
• Lamb from the Welsh uplands – what sets it apart from the rest?
• Sheep dairy production: understanding before upscaling
• The fat-tail sheep and its introduction to Wales
• The impact of herbal leys on the health and performance of grazing lambs
• Targeted parasite management practices for ewes and lambs to limit the progression of anthelmintic resistance
• Sheep scab: update and future considerations
• Beef finishing using homegrown crops
• Beef quality grading in Europe: Shifting to a consumer centred perception of beef quality
• Improving suckler beef herd health with management strategies around calving
• The benefits of mixed grazing approaches in grassland-livestock systems
• Is buying bison better than beef? Alternative livestock option for the UK

• The use of herbal essential oils in pig nutrition – is it all hogwash?
• Part 1: Greenhouse gases produced in pig rearing
• Part 2: Greenhouse gases produced in pig rearing
• Precision livestock technologies in the pig sector
• Focus on gut health in pigs and poultry
• Technological prospects for poultry layer productivity
• Part 1: Greenhouse gas emissions & environmental impacts of the poultry industry
• Part 2: Greenhouse gas emissions & environmental impacts of the poultry industry
• Ready, steady, slow! Slow-growing broilers are healthier and have more positive welfare

• Thermal Imaging
• Strategies and technologies towards reduced lameness in cattle
• Colostrum management for the best start in life
• Gastrointestinal roundworms in cattle – consequences, cause, and controls
• Methods for predicting calving and reducing night-time births
• Mapping fluke parasites for improved and sustainable control
• Cryptosporidium and livestock as zoonotic risks
• Internal parasite control and goats: Implications for a growing industry
• Lameness and learning: Knowledge exchange in animal welfare
• The importance of calf pre-weaning nutrition
• The navel - a pathway for disease after birth
• AMR
• Farm Safety
• Bluetongue
• Technologies for cattle fertility and calf health

• Potato blight: securing our spuds
• Hydroponic Fodder
• Cut your losses: Maximising the benefits of a nutrient management plan
• Drought resistant crops
• Soil mapping for precise land management
• Biological options for pest control
• Electrophysical and non-chemical weed control: current to cut chemicals?
• Growing crops for the pharmaceutical industry
• Sprouts, microgreens and edible flowers: potentials for innovations
• Feeding leaves not soil: an alternative route to the roots
• Biological indicators of soil health
• Farming’s fungi focus: Considering belowground to benefit aboveground
• Mycorrhiza manipulation: nature vs nurture
• Nitrogen and agriculture – where do we stand?
• Dock control
• Dung beetles
• cover crops in horticulture

• Climate change and horticulture systems
• Hort: An induction guide for new staff into Welsh commercial ornamental horticulture
• Horticulture - carbon footprint
• Optimal irrigation options for ornamental crops
• A little help from natural enemies - prevention better than cure
• Biochar for horticulture
• Improving water efficiency and irrigation in horticulture
• Walnut and sweet chestnut orchards growing and production internationally
• Composting manure for horticulture
• The potential for growing plants under artificial light
• Indoor or in-field: Climate impacts of controlled environment growth
• The importance of vapour pressure deficits (VPD) in agricultural plant growth
• Photo-selective polymer films for crop growth and protection
• Aquaponics and prawns

• Future Tech
• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
• Update on drones in agriculture
• War of the Weeds: The Rise of the Robots
• AgriTech 4.0: Future perspectives for technology
• Nanotechnology and agriculture: Could smaller mean better?
• Gene editing and agriculture
• Extensive livestock tracking: stewardship, security and soundness
• Alert ATVs and guarding gates: IoT devices for improving farm security
• Biodiversity and Technology
• Can Precision Farming Help Mitigate Climate Change?
• Agricultural Infrastructure: Integrating technology for animal health and wellbeing
• Virtual grazing

• Methane emissions & mitigation
• Carbon and Climate Change - An Overview
• Carbon Capture Technology – 12 methods that can be incorporated on your farm
• Biochar for climate change: Is it a viable strategy?
• Organic arable farming and climate impacts
• Air pollution: The role of agriculture in Wales
• Air pollution: Reducing ammonia emissions by adapting livestock management approaches
• Air pollution: Reducing ammonia emissions from agriculture by adapting fertiliser storage and land application techniques
• The complexities of reducing on-farm greenhouse gas emissions
• Sustainable agriculture: Meaningful metrics and motivations
• How can changing land management approaches help to achieve net zero?
• Land use change for carbon sequestration: assessing the influence of carbon trading
• Hitting rock bottom: can silica rocks mitigate agricultural emissions?
• Renewable energy - electricity
• Renewable energy - heat
• Circular systems in agriculture Part 1: Livestock production sustainability
• Climate change and horticulture systems
• The use of wool in compost and other alternative applications

• Are riparian buffer strips an opportunity to increase tree cover on UK farms?
• Miscanthus as an alternative crop for Welsh farmers
• Small-scale forestry for bioenergy consumption
• Public goods and farming
• Changing crops in a changing climate
• Challenges facing the future delivery of services from woodland in Wales
• Managing changing freshwater availability and water scarcity on-farm
• Land management and grazing for upland farms
• Can clover cut carbon? Legumes and nitrogen use on farms
• Regenerative agriculture: buzzword and beyond
• Using a natural capital approach to value land management approaches
• Unlocking the potential of alternative crops
• Supporting farmland bird populations
• Ecosystem function and resilience: why is this important for agriculture?
• Battling Bracken: Control and alleviation strategies
• Woodland Machinery Soil Impacts and Mitigations
• Seaweed in agriculture
• Agroforestry options
• Land sparing and land sharing – considerations for farming with nature
• Organic farming and Biodiversity – is it the answer?

• Nutritional qualities and opportunities for non-bovine milk in the UK
• Future potential of insect farming
• Digital disregard and inequality in rural areas
• Developing short food supply chains
• Farm Business Diversification – A Research Perspective
• Agricultural infrastructure pt 1: Climate impacts
• Agricultural infrastructure pt 2: Climate mitigations
• Agricultural Infrastructure: Happy homes help health
• Starlings impact on feed stores

We contributed to the development of, and directly produced, several accredited e-learning modules as part of the Sustainable Farming Scheme training suite.

https://businesswales.gov.wales/farmingconnect/services/e-learning/sfs-accredited-e-learning-modules