Farming Connect Management Exchange Programme - Completed Reports
![Abi Reader](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2020-02/Abi%20Reader%20%28Exchange%29.jpg?itok=l4vPThTo)
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Destination: Sweden, Ireland and Scotland
Topic: Investigating BVD eradication and Biosecurity
![Alec Cowan](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2019-12/11_03_2019_CFf_AlecCowan_09_0.jpg?itok=AbpYFHWM)
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
![Ben James](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/ben%20james_0.jpg?h=5736b585&itok=e8P7FOQI)
Location: Lampeter, Ceredigion
Destination: England
Topic: Self-sufficiency for first generation farmers
![Catherine Nakielny](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2020-02/Catherine%20Nakielny%20%281%29.jpg?itok=rQpyZ3P8)
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
![Ceredig Evans](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2021-12/erw%20fawr%20ceredig.png?itok=ihAjU00y)
Location: Holyhead
Destination: North Wales and Chester
Topic: Autumn block calving and making the most of grazing
![Chris Hughes (image)](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2019-10/chris_h-400x267.jpg?itok=CZQcUPqu)
Location: Builth Wells
Destination: Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Slovenia
Topic: Timber Extraction by Cable Crane
![Dan Jones](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/dan%20jones.jpg?h=9fdb2fd2&itok=Vd8rtEVA)
Location: Great Orme, Llandudno
Destination: Latvia, France
Topic: Farming, conservation and carbon sequestration
![David Jones](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2019-12/David%20Jones.jpg?h=d2f01a86&itok=9Q4w_FW5)
Location: Llanover, Abergavenny
Destination: The Netherlands
Topic: Efficient Farming on the Edge
![David Phillips](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2020-02/David%20Phillips%20%282%29.jpg?itok=iNj9NVJX)
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
![Emma Duffy](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/emma%20duffy.jpg?h=4b10e4d7&itok=uumnF-a1)
Location: Caernarfon, Gwynedd
Destination: UK, Germany, Netherlands
Topic: Chicken gender determination
![Eurig Evans (image)](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2019-10/eurug_evans-400x267.jpg?itok=2rLfYT6P)
Location: Fishguard
Destination: Italy
Topic: Care farming
![Eurig Jenkins](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2019-12/Eurig%20Jenkins%201.jpg?itok=N62kzrFA)
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
![Gerald Miles](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/Gerald%20Miles.jpg?h=aced9166&itok=P2ouh17V)
Location: St.Davids, Pembrokeshire
Destination: France, Austria, Poland, Hungary
Topic: Regen growth of ancient wheat
![Gethin Owen](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2019-12/gethin%20owen%202.jpg?h=e8c2a562&itok=sEGw-FHD)
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
![Henry Gibbon](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2019-12/HenryGIbbon__05.jpg?itok=L-qMZV9I)
Location: Carmarthen
Destination: Austria
Topic: Biomass CHP systems in Austria
![Hugh Brookes](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2019-12/Hugh%20Brookes%201.jpg?itok=fDNB4N08)
Location: Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire
Destination: Austria
Topic: Effective management of the Mangalitza pig with a focus on feeding
![Huw Jones](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2020-02/Huw%20Jones%20%282%29.jpg?itok=nChrkM6n)
Location: Llanerchymedd
Destination: France
Topic: Milking sheep
![Hywel Morgan (image)](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2019-10/howel_morgan-400x267.jpg?itok=l1neZ1eN)
Location: Myddfai
Destination: Sweden, France and England
Topic: Low Input Farming, Organic Farming, Herbal Leys, Holistic Management and Regenerative Farming
![Ieuan Evans](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2019-12/IeuanEvans_03.jpg?itok=4wif2FT-)
Location: Aberystwyth
Destination: England, Germany and Scotland
Topic: Sustainable large-scale dairy production
![Jamie McCoy](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/jamie%20mccoy.jpg?h=a40ce6a7&itok=FnN27xkA)
Location: Newcastle Emlyn, Ceredigion
Destination: The Netherlands, Austria
Topic: Cow bells, clogs and cycling!
Location: Derwen, Corwen
Destination: Ireland
Topic: Cobalt deficiency in sheep
![John Goodwin](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2019-12/John%20Goodwin%20%281%29_0.jpg?itok=8B9xpzhD)
Location: Presteigne
Destination: France and Sweden
Topic: Truffle farming on the continent
![John Yeomans](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2019-12/John%20Yeomans%201.jpg?itok=YvQtYAUl)
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
![Josh Phillips](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2020-02/Josh%20Phillips%20%282%29.jpg?itok=1PRcNQkO)
Location: Brecon
Destination: England, Scotland and Wales
Topic: Winter forage management and utilisation and importance of genetics in the sheep industry
![Kathryn Tarr](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2022-05/Farming%20Connect%20-%20Kathryn-6.jpg?itok=jwulZ1wr)
Location: Builth Wells
Destination: U.K
Topic: Looking at the viability of beef boxes
![Keith Williams](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2019-12/Keith%20Williams%20%281%29.png?itok=PKWaARUB)
Location: Llandrindod Wells
Destination: England and Wales
Topic: Red deer farming
![Kirsten Hoggard](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2019-12/KirstenHoggard_07.jpg?itok=1T_-oIkE)
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
![Lottie Wilson](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/lottie.jpg?itok=4Se5ZaTV)
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
![Marc Harries](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/Marc%20Harries.jpg?itok=ABBhwbyg)
Location: Llandysul, Ceredigion
Destination: Ireland
Topic: Agrivoltaics
![Mathew plumb](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2022-02/Farming%20Connect%20-%20Mathew-Plumb%205.jpg?itok=RIa9skpg)
Location: Abergavenny
Destination: England
Topic: Sustainable forestry & solutions for carbon sequestration
![Matt Swarbrick (image)](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2019-10/mat_s-400x267_0.jpg?itok=9i3S5W9P)
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
![Naomi Hope](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/naomi.jpg?itok=Kq3Gl6Tv)
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
![Nicola Lewis](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/Nicola%20Lewis%202087%29.jpg?h=c02e1c89&itok=3MFI9tjn)
Location: Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taff
Destination: Ireland, England
Topic: Developing a silvopasture system and farm education programme
![Rebecca Williams](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/rebecca%20williams.jpg?itok=-btyZoPq)
Location: Llandrindod Wells, Powys
Destination: UK
Topic: Marketing red meat directly to consumers
![Reuben Davies](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2020-02/Reuben%20Davies%20%282%29.jpg?itok=fnNJC0qP)
Location: Brecon
Destination: Wales, England and France
Topic: Milking sheep
![Rhys Davies (image)](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2019-10/img_8636-400x267.jpg?itok=CaatE_kS)
Location: Flintshire
Destination: Ireland
Topic: Impact of the EBI on the Irish spring calving grass based herd
![Richard Hughes](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2020-02/Richard%20Hughes%201.jpg?h=bc2e726f&itok=4sHKOOTc)
Location: Pwllheli, Pen Llŷn
Destination: Ireland and France
Topic: Snail farming: market research and farming techniques
![Richard Roderick](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2020-04/Richard%20Roderick%204.jpg?itok=_jCB9Bfj)
Location: Brecon
Destination: Scotland, Ireland and the North of England
Topic: Investigating Profitable Suckler Cow Production, based on the maximum utilisation of forage
![Robb Merchant](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2020-02/Robb%20Merchant%20%28Exchange%29.jpg?itok=36v668V0)
Location: Abergavenny, Powys
Destination: France and Germany
Topic: Viticulture
![Robert Jones](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2020-02/Robert%20Jones%20%281%29.jpg?itok=kgHhMI7c)
Location: Clunderwen
Destination: France, Germany, Greece and Spain
Topic: Breeding and queen rearing, with particular reference to sustaining Apis Mellifera in Wales
![Roland Wear](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/roland%20wear_0.jpg?itok=c0qtvzkP)
Location: Llangammarch Wells, Powys
Destination: Scotland and Sicily
Topic: Diversification focussing on Hospitality, Health and Wellbeing
![Sally](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2020-06/Sally%20Davies%20%28not%20on%20website%29.jpg?itok=XAR4cnsh)
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
![Sophia Morgan-Swinhoe](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/sophia.jpg?itok=8axK0uTW)
Location: Bow Street, Ceredigion
Destination: Ireland
Topic: Developing cheese that reflects the farm, its identity and location
![Stuart Hammond](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2020-02/Stuart%20Hammond%20%282%29.jpg?h=4d6c89ec&itok=RY3E1KEJ)
Location: Builth Wells
Destination: Spain
Topic: Dairy beef performance and profitability
![Tom Cowcher](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2020-02/Tom%20Cowcher%201.jpg?h=e0b75cce&itok=SZzhWiCs)
Location: Llandysul, Ceredigion
Destination: Scotland
Topic: Agroforestry
![Tomas Jones](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2020-02/Tomas%20Jones%20%282%29.jpg?itok=r_MTMKpo)
Location: Colwyn Bay
Destination: Wales
Topic: Use of multi species leys and rotational grazing to improve efficiency and lower inputs
![Tom Jones](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2022-10/Tom%20Jones%201726.jpg?itok=dm-HJVJ4)
Location: Welshpool, Powys
Destination: Scotland
Topic: Factors Effecting Suckler Cow Profitability & How They Can Be Improved
![Tony Davies](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2020-02/Tony%20Davies%20%282%29.jpg?itok=QR9fCwWb)
Location: Rhayader
Destination: Finland and Germany
Topic: Producing biochar from agricultural waste products
![Will Sawday](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2022-03/Farming%20Connect%20-%20Will-sawday.jpg?itok=MuK3WMGB)
Location: Hay-on-Wye
Destination: England and Scotland
Topic: Regenerative livestock farming
![William Scale](/farmingconnect/sites/farmingconnect/files/styles/card/public/2020-02/William%20Scale%20%281%29.jpg?itok=eFXe-WEq)
Location: Haverfordwest
Destination: Finland, France, Italy and Germany
Topic: No tillage and diversification