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17 March 2023

Zoom Around The World - Continuous Cover Forestry linking Wales with Europe - 17/03/2023

Forester and Farming Connect Mentor, Phil Morgan, shares his work at Coed Fron Drain near Mold, a sustainably managed forest which was discussed whilst representing Wales at the 2022 International Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) conference in France. CCF is an...

Type: Videos Key Sector: Forestry

Theme: Business, Land Key Specialism: Woodland Management

17 March 2023

Zoom Around The World - Regenerative farming - Building soil health from the ground up - 17/03/2023

Tom Tolputt is an organic farmer in Cornwall who's spent the last 25 years searching for the answer. The key to achieving sustainable farming systems for Tom, co-founder of TerraFarmer, a regenerative & biological farm consultancy is to build soil...

Type: Videos Key Sector: Organic

Theme: Business, Land Key Specialism: Regenerative Farming, Soil Health

17 March 2023

Zoom Around The World - How is farming similar in the Basque to Wales? - 17/03/2023

Bryn Perry, a first generation tenant and sheep dairy farmer in Pembrokeshire shares the insights gathered by the Agri Academy on a study visit to the Basque region of Spain. Get a glimpse of a Basque dairy farm and their...

Type: Videos Key Sector: Diversification, Sheep

Theme: Business, Livestock

17 March 2023

Menter a Busnes to appoint 100 mentors for new Farming Connect programme

17 March 2023 Food processing and butchery, sheep dog handling, viticulture and regenerative farming – in the current Farming Connect programme - approved mentors offer fully funded one-to-one support on an increasingly wide range of topics. “Receiving confidential one-to-one guidance...

Type: News Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Bees/Honey, Dairy, Diversification, Forestry, Goats, Horticulture, Organic, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep, Succession, Viticulture

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock

16 March 2023

Biological controls halve Welsh pig unit’s nuisance fly numbers

16 March 2023 Infestations of nuisance and biting flies at a Welsh pig unit have halved since beneficial insects were introduced as a method to control the fly lifecycle. Predatory flies, which feed off insects like the common house fly...

Type: News Key Sector: Pigs

Theme: Business, Livestock

16 March 2023

Simple steps to reduce energy use on dairy farms

16 March 2023 Simple adjustments like correctly setting time clocks on water heaters and lagging pipes can capture big energy cost savings for a dairy farming business. Milk cooling, water heating and vacuum pumps account for the biggest proportion of...

Type: News Key Sector: Dairy

Theme: Business, Livestock