Ear to the Ground / Clust i'r Ddaear

Ear to the Ground / Clust i'r Ddaear

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Ear to the Ground / Clust i'r Ddaear episodes

  • #110- Breeding sheep with a lower carbon footprint

    Suzanne Rowe is a Senior Researcher with AgResearch in New Zealand, and is the world expert in breeding sheep with a lower carbon footprint. Suzanne will outline the background of the work happening in NZ and the history behind developing the technology. She will also bring us up to speed as to where they are now and their plans for the future.

    34 min
  • #109 - Mae rheoli llyngyr yr iau yn llwyddiannus yn bwysig ar gyfer cynhyrchu defaid yn gynaliadwy

    Yn y bennod fer hon byddwn eto yn ymweld â fferm Lower House, Llandrindod. Y tro hwn cawn glywed gan Dr Rhys Jones, Darlithydd o Adran Gwyddorau Bywyd Prifysgol Aberystwyth. Daw Rhys yn wreiddiol o Ogledd Cymru, ac fe'i magwyd ar fferm bîff a defaid yr ucheldir. Mae'n dal i gymryd diddordeb mawr yn y fferm deuluol yn ogystal â materion Amaethyddol ehangach. Mae ei ddiddordebau ymchwil ym maes parasitoleg filfeddygol, ac mae ganddo ddiddordeb arbennig mewn datblygu technegau rheoli parasitiaid cynaliadwy ar gyfer cynhyrchwyr da byw. Mae Rhys yn trafod sut mae Rob Lyons wedi bod yn rhan o brosiect ehangach sy'n cynnwys 16 fferm sy'n edrych ar Lyngyr yr Iau. Wrth i boblogaethau llyngyr yr iau ddatblygu ymwrthedd yn gyflym i rai triniaethau cyffuriau, mae'n rhaid defnyddio strategaethau rheoli amgen sy'n canolbwyntio ar osgoi haint trwy bori a rheoli tir ar ffermydd. Fodd bynnag, er mwyn i'r mesurau hyn fod yn effeithiol, mae'n hollbwysig ein bod yn gallu nodi'n gywir yr ardaloedd lle mae risg o haint llyngyr yr iau ar ffermydd a chaeau.

    13 min
  • #109 - Successful control of liver fluke is important for sustainable sheep production
    In this short episode we will again be visiting Lower House farm, Llandrindod. This time we hear from Dr Rhys Jones, Lecturer from the Department of Life Sciences at Aberystwyth University. Rhys is originally from North Wales, and was raised on an upland beef and sheep farm. He still takes a keen interest in the family farm as well as wider Agriculture issues. His research interests lie within the field of veterinary parasitology, and he's particularly interested in developing sustainable parasite control techniques for livestock producers. Rhys discusses how Rob Lyons has been part of a wider project that includes 16 farms that are looking at Liver Fluke. With liver fluke populations rapidly becoming resistant to certain drug treatments, alternative control strategies which focus on infection avoidance through grazing and land management must be utilised on farms. However, for these measures to be effective, it is imperative that we can accurately identify liver fluke infection risk areas within farms and fields.
    13 min
  • #108 - Gweithio tuag at hunangynhaliaeth mewn protein

    Mae'r bennod hon wedi'i recordio yn un o 15 digwyddiad fferm arddangos Cyswllt Ffermio a gynhaliwyd drwy gydol mis Medi 2024. Rydym yn Fferm Lower House ger Llandrindod gyda Robert a Jessica Lyon. Maent yn ffermio 146 hectar ac yn rhedeg menter gymysg, gan wyna 900 o famogiaid yn ogystal â 32,000 o frwyliaid. Maen nhw hefyd yn gorffen 150 o heffrod croes Belgian Blue yn flynyddol. Mae fferm Lower House wedi treialu cynnwys pys a ffa a brynwyd i mewn yn y dogn mamogiaid beichiog y gaeaf diwethaf er mwyn cynyddu gwytnwch a lleihau ôl troed carbon ei fferm, mae Robert eisiau tyfu cymaint o'r porthiant ar y fferm â phosibl. Maen't wedi cychwyn ar brosiect 'Ein Ffermydd' Cyswllt Ffermio i werthuso sut y gallai pys a ffa ei helpu i gyrraedd y nod hwnnw. Gwrandewch i glywed y canfyddiadau!

    19 min
  • #108 - Working towards self-sufficiency in protein
    This episode has been recorded at one of Farming Connect's 15 demonstration farm events held throughout September 2024. We're at Lower House Farm near Llandrindod Wells with Robert and Jessica Lyon. They farm 146 hectares and run a mixed enterprise, lambing 900 ewes as well as 32,000 broilers. They also finish 150 Belgian Blue cross heifers annually. Lower House Farm have trialed incorporating bought in peas and beans in the pregnant ewe ration last winter to increase farm resilience and reduce the farm's carbon footprint, Robert wants to grow as much of the feed on farm as possible. They've embarked on a Farming Connect 'Our Farms' project to evaluate how peas and beans might help them to achieve that goal. Listen in to hear the findings!
    19 min
  • #107 - Lameness in Dairy Cattle: Episode 2

    Sara Pedersen visits Maenhir Farm, Whitland where father and son Richard and Iwan Twose host a Agrisgôp Group meeting. We join Sara and the Pembrokeshire based group farms to hear on how they draw on other group members and share knowledge to implement positive changes in the prevalence of cattle lameness on their farms.

    22 min
  • #107 - Cloffni mewn Gwartheg Llaeth: Pennod 2

    Mae Sara Pedersen yn ymweld â Fferm Maenhir, Hendy-gwyn ar Daf lle mae'r tad a'r mab Richard ac Iwan Twose yn cynnal cyfarfod Grŵp Agrisgôp. Ymunwn â Sara a'r ffermwyr o fewn y grŵp sydd wedi'u lleoli yn Sir Benfro i glywed sut y maent yn tynnu ar wybodaeth aelodau eraill o'r grŵp i weithredu newidiadau cadarnhaol yn nifer achosion o gloffni gwartheg ar eu ffermydd.

    22 min
  • #106 - Rhifyn Arbennig gyda Mari Lovgreen ac Ifan Jones Evans.
    Gwrandewch ar rifyn arbennig o bodlediad Clust i'r Ddaear sy'n rhoi ffocws ar Iechyd a Diogelwch ar y fferm. Mae'n sgwrs ddifyr rhwng Ifan Jones Evans a Mari Lovgreen. Mae gan Mari ac Ifan deuluoedd ifanc a brwdfrydig a'r ddau yn byw ar fferm. Yn y rhifyn hwn maent yn rhannu eu profiadau, trafod yr heriau a'u teimladau am bwysigrwydd diogelu eu teuluoedd adre ar y fferm. Mae gwyliau'r haf yn benodol yn amser prysur a'r plant adre gyda nhw fwy. Nid yw Mari ac Ifan yn arbenigwyr yn y maes, nid ydynt yn cynnig cyngor am iechyd a diogelwch.
    25 min
  • #106 - Special Episode with Mari Lovgreen and Ifan Jones Evans
    Listen to a special episode of the Ear to the Ground podcast which focuses on Health and Safety on the farm. It's an interesting conversation between Ifan Jones Evans and Mari Lovgreen. Mari and Ifan have young and enthusiastic families and both live on a farm. In this episode, they share their experiences, discuss the challenges and their feelings about the importance of protecting their families at home on the farm. The summer holidays in particular are a busy time and the children are home with them more. Mari and Ifan are not experts in the field, they do not offer advice about health and safety.
    25 min

About Ear to the Ground / Clust i'r Ddaear

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Ear to the Ground' is a brand-new podcast, the first of its kind to be available in both Welsh and English, that will share technical information, advice, support and inspiration to the farming community in Wales.

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