| Business Wales

2 June 2020

Meeting up online - 02/06/2020

Farming Connect is responding to the current restrictions of Covid-19 by providing as many services as it can either online or over the phone until normal face to face activities can resume. The following guidance on using Zoom webinars, Skype...

Type: Publications Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Horticulture, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business

2 June 2020

Bull beef finishing goes head to head with store production at Welsh farm

2 June 2020 An intensive bull beef finishing system could help a Ceredigion suckler enterprise add value to cattle. Huw and Meinir Jones want to maximise herd efficiency, productivity and profitability at Bryn, a Farming Connect demonstration site near Cardigan...

Type: News Key Sector: Beef

Theme: Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

1 June 2020

Grazing Management Under Drought Conditions - 01/06/2020

Type: Videos Key Sector: Beef, Dairy, Sheep

Theme: Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Grassland Management, Rotational Grazing

1 June 2020

The effects of drought on Welsh dairy farms

1 June 2020 The recent prolonged spell of dry weather has led to some of Farming Connect’s Dairy demonstration sites needing to adjust their feeding and silage making regime to cope with low soil moisture levels. Grass growth rates in...

Type: News Key Sector: Dairy

Theme: Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Grass Measurement, Grassland Management

1 June 2020

Growing pumpkins for Halloween

1 June 2020 Demand is increasing for on-farm family experiences and with Halloween falling around the school half term break, growing pumpkins and inviting the local community to your farm to pick their own pumpkins can be a rewarding way...

Type: News Key Sector: Horticulture

Theme: Land

28 May 2020

The Glastir woodland creation expression of interest window has been extended to 31 July 2020.

28 May 2020 8 million allocated for establishing woodland in Wales. A budget of £8million has been allocated to 9th EOI round for GWC. The window opened on the 16th March 2020 and will close at midnight 31st July 2020...

Type: News Key Sector: Forestry

Theme: Land Key Specialism: Woodland Management

27 May 2020

Management issues with low soil moistures and no real forecast of rain

27 May 2020 Chris Duller, Soils and Grassland Specialist Normally in late May, grass would be approaching peak growth, with growth rates of over 100kgDM/ha/day being achieved and concerns would be about grass getting away from stock. The reality this...

Type: Blogs Key Sector: Beef, Dairy, Sheep

Theme: Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Grassland Management

26 May 2020

Farming Connect is determined to reach out to women in farming - the driving force behind many successful rural businesses in Wales

26 May 2020 The number of females registered with Farming Connect is less than half the number of males registered. It’s a ratio that Eirwen Williams, director of rural programmes with Menter a Busnes, is determined to address. “With so...

Type: News Theme: Business, Land, Livestock

Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Benchmarking, Business Management and Planning, Diversification, Innovation, Personal Development, Succession

21 May 2020

WEBINAR: Dynamic Machine Testing: checking the relationship between cow and milking machine - 21/05/2020

Type: Webinars Key Sector: Dairy

Theme: Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare

20 May 2020

Soil mapping for precise land management

20 May 2020 Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University. Soils are the most important biological systems across all farming practices The ability to map soil components accurately, including; nutrients, water content and structures can assist in improving farm management strategies...

Type: Technical Articles Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Horticulture, Sheep

Theme: Land Key Specialism: Grassland Management, Nutrient Management Planning