Farming Connect Management Exchange Programme - Completed Reports
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Destination: Sweden, Ireland and Scotland
Topic: Investigating BVD eradication and Biosecurity
Location: Llandysul
Destination: Netherlands
Topic: Robotic milking in the Netherlands
Location: Bethel Road, Caernarfon
Destination: Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands
Topic: Scandinavian methods of artificially inseminating ewes
Location: Lampeter, Ceredigion
Destination: England
Topic: Self-sufficiency for first generation farmers
Location: Llandeilo
Destination: England, Denmark, Ireland, Scotland and Spain
Topic: How actions which deliver ‘public goods’ can also be used to improve the productive capacity of a sheep farm and to improve business resilience
Location: Holyhead
Destination: North Wales and Chester
Topic: Autumn block calving and making the most of grazing
Location: Builth Wells
Destination: Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Slovenia
Topic: Timber Extraction by Cable Crane
Location: Great Orme, Llandudno
Destination: Latvia, France
Topic: Farming, conservation and carbon sequestration
Location: Llanover, Abergavenny
Destination: The Netherlands
Topic: Efficient Farming on the Edge
Location: Cardiff
Destination: Denmark and Ireland
Topic: Agronomy and cultivation of tree species for Christmas tree production to reduce rotation length and improve quality and saleable yield of trees
Location: Caernarfon, Gwynedd
Destination: UK, Germany, Netherlands
Topic: Chicken gender determination
Location: Fishguard
Destination: Italy
Topic: Care farming
Location: Talsarn, Ceredigion
Destination: Sweden, Denmark & Ireland
Topic: All things dairy
Location: Abergavenny
Destination: France
Topic: Improved breeding techniques in dairy goats including use of artificial insemination
Location: St.Davids, Pembrokeshire
Destination: France, Austria, Poland, Hungary
Topic: Regen growth of ancient wheat
Location: Betws-yn Rhos, Abergele
Destination: France
Topic: Identifying efficiencies within French beef & sheep production / Study of methods used to mitigate soil degradation & improve production under marginal conditions
Location: Carmarthen
Destination: Austria
Topic: Biomass CHP systems in Austria
Location: Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire
Destination: Austria
Topic: Effective management of the Mangalitza pig with a focus on feeding
Location: Llanerchymedd
Destination: France
Topic: Milking sheep
Location: Myddfai
Destination: Sweden, France and England
Topic: Low Input Farming, Organic Farming, Herbal Leys, Holistic Management and Regenerative Farming
Location: Aberystwyth
Destination: England, Germany and Scotland
Topic: Sustainable large-scale dairy production
Location: Newcastle Emlyn, Ceredigion
Destination: The Netherlands, Austria
Topic: Cow bells, clogs and cycling!
Location: Derwen, Corwen
Destination: Ireland
Topic: Cobalt deficiency in sheep
Location: Presteigne
Destination: France and Sweden
Topic: Truffle farming on the continent
Location: Newtown, Powys
Destination: Northern Ireland, Finland and Germany
Topic: Further Developments in Carcase Classification of Beef and Lamb / Improving Grass Utilisation on Beef and Sheep Farms
Location: Brecon
Destination: England, Scotland and Wales
Topic: Winter forage management and utilisation and importance of genetics in the sheep industry
Location: Builth Wells
Destination: U.K
Topic: Looking at the viability of beef boxes
Location: Llandrindod Wells
Destination: England and Wales
Topic: Red deer farming
Location: Boncath
Destination: Ireland
Topic: What can I do to avoid unwanted dairy bull calves in a grazing system in West Wales?
Location: Cwmcarno Farm, Rhymney
Destination: Scotland
Topic: Paddock grazing systems on hill farms
Location: Corwen
Destination: Denmark, Holland and Sweden
Topic: Reducing Ammonia levels in free range units
Location: Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
Destination: University of Nottingham, University of Liverpool
Topic: Dairy Cattle Lameness
Location: Rhoshill, Cardigan
Destination: Ireland
Topic: Looking at breed and grass production to increase milk solids produced per cow and per hectare
Location: Llandysul, Ceredigion
Destination: Ireland
Topic: Agrivoltaics
Location: Abergavenny
Destination: England
Topic: Sustainable forestry & solutions for carbon sequestration
Location: Caernarfon
Destination: Sweden
Topic: Small-scale permaculture based farms that are producing food as well as financial and environmental profits.
Location: St Clears, Carmarthenshire
Destination: France
Topic: Hedges: A Renewable Source of Energy
Location: Nevern, Pembrokeshire
Destination: France, England
Topic: Growing and processing organic herbs for Welsh teas
Location: Builth Wells
Destination: Ireland
Topic: Finishing cattle on a low-cost system
Location: Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taff
Destination: Ireland, England
Topic: Developing a silvopasture system and farm education programme
Location: Llandrindod Wells, Powys
Destination: UK
Topic: Marketing red meat directly to consumers
Location: Brecon
Destination: Wales, England and France
Topic: Milking sheep
Location: Flintshire
Destination: Ireland
Topic: Impact of the EBI on the Irish spring calving grass based herd
Location: Pwllheli, Pen Llŷn
Destination: Ireland and France
Topic: Snail farming: market research and farming techniques
Location: Brecon
Destination: Scotland, Ireland and the North of England
Topic: Investigating Profitable Suckler Cow Production, based on the maximum utilisation of forage
Location: Abergavenny, Powys
Destination: France and Germany
Topic: Viticulture
Location: Clunderwen
Destination: France, Germany, Greece and Spain
Topic: Breeding and queen rearing, with particular reference to sustaining Apis Mellifera in Wales
Location: Llangammarch Wells, Powys
Destination: Scotland and Sicily
Topic: Diversification focussing on Hospitality, Health and Wellbeing
Location: Brecon
Destination: Pwllpeiran (West Wales), Moffat (Scotland)
Topic: Naturalised grazing with a view of public goods
Location: Powys
Destination: The Netherlands, Italy and Northern Ireland
Topic: Alternative uses of poultry manure
Location: Llansadwrn, Llanwrda
Destination: Germany
Topic: 21st Century Silviculture in Germany
Location: Bow Street, Ceredigion
Destination: Ireland
Topic: Developing cheese that reflects the farm, its identity and location
Location: Builth Wells
Destination: Spain
Topic: Dairy beef performance and profitability
Location: Llandysul, Ceredigion
Destination: Scotland
Topic: Agroforestry
Location: Colwyn Bay
Destination: Wales
Topic: Use of multi species leys and rotational grazing to improve efficiency and lower inputs
Location: Welshpool, Powys
Destination: Scotland
Topic: Factors Effecting Suckler Cow Profitability & How They Can Be Improved
Location: Rhayader
Destination: Finland and Germany
Topic: Producing biochar from agricultural waste products
Location: Hay-on-Wye
Destination: England and Scotland
Topic: Regenerative livestock farming
Location: Haverfordwest
Destination: Finland, France, Italy and Germany
Topic: No tillage and diversification