Weekly Webinars

Join us and industry experts for a wide range of topical webinars aimed at providing useful support and information to you during this uncertain time.

Click here to view our upcoming and recent webinars

Weekly Webinars

Animal Health Clinic

Sampling, testing and one-to-one advice from local vets is available for Welsh farm businesses registered with Farming Connect.

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Animal Health Clinic

Extreme Weather

Prolonged periods of dry weather can present some unique challenges to farmers.

To view some management guidance for these extreme conditions Click here

Extreme Weather

Ear to the Ground Podcast

‘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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Ear to the Ground Podcast

Parasite Control Planner

The parasite control planner has been developed to focus both farmer and vet on the important factors involved specifically with health planning for parasite control in cattle and sheep.

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Parasite Control Planner

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

“Pick up the phone, we’re here to help” is the offer from Farming Connect as it steps up fully funded online or telephone support during the coronavirus pandemic.

https://businesswales.gov.wales/farmingconnect/business/coronavirus-covid-19

covid 19

Dairy Support Scheme

Applications for the new Welsh dairy support scheme is now open, supporting farmers hardest hit by the recent exceptional market conditions due to COVID-19.

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Dairy Support Scheme

FarmWell

Useful information and advice to help keep farm businesses and farmers resilient and plan positively for the future.

FarmWell Wales Directory

Farming Connect Useful links

FarmWell

Health and Safety

Stop! And think safe before starting any job! Is it worth the risk?

"Safe stop" saves lives and livelihoods.

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Health and Safety

Increasing profitability
Reducing GHG emissions

Discover ways to increase profitability and reduce GHG emissions using the NEW interactive farm

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Farming Connect - helping you drive your business forward

Our enhanced programme is providing support which is transforming the business prospects of thousands of farmers and foresters.

Many services are fully funded, others are subsidised by up to 80%

To benefit from all that’s now on offer, you will need to register for the programme. Individuals registered under the previous programme will need to re-register.

Check the eligibility criteria, which has now been widened to include more farmers and foresters with smaller holdings, new categories of self-employed contractors and food businesses.

With our support you could:

benefit from subsidised business support, tailored to your business needs
reduce outputs and increase efficiency across all areas of your business
benchmark your performance and work towards progress and growth
identify areas for improvement and find solutions to problems
develop your skills as part of our new continuing professional development/lifelong learning programme
keep up to date with the latest innovations in technology through industry developments and the latest research projects
share best practice and benefit from the knowledge of other farmers, industry experts and academic research
be inspired by new ideas and find more efficient and innovative ways of working