2 December 2024
A Welsh family farm has been encouraged to introduce new practices, from artificially inseminating beef cattle to growing new crops, incentivised by Farming Connect-funded training and discussion groups.
Iwan and Rhian Evans and their son, Dyfan, produce...
09 September 2024
Investing in skills training and business advice can be expensive for a family farm, but securing subsided and fully-funded Farming Connect courses and services has lightened the financial burden for a third-generation Radnorshire poultry...
04 September 2024
A contract farming agreement facilitated by Farming Connect’s Start to Farm initiative has allowed the owners of a Powys farm to take a step back from the business, and a new entrant the opportunity to build...
29 August 2024
Populations of weeds, pests and diseases can seriously impact arable yields but one Pembrokeshire grower is better armed to combat these since embarking on a course in agronomy, integrated crop protection and crop nutrition.
Eurig Jones...
27 August 2024
Biodiversity is at the heart of Peter and Cathryn Richards’ approach to farming, enriching the environment for insects and farmland birds with an abundance of wildflowers and grass species on their land.
The brother and sister...
31 July 2024
A group of women farmers from north Wales have been inspired to put systems in place to reduce their livestock feed costs, including adopting rotational grazing principles.
An opportunity to join a Farming Connect Agrisgôp group led...
22 July 2024
A fifth generation Welsh sheep and beef farm has resolved a succession conundrum by bringing a young farmer into the business as a partner.
Ben Ryder’s family have farmed Maesmachreth, an upland farm near Machynlleth, for...
03 July 2024
With mentoring from an experienced farmer, a Powys lamb producer says the performance of his farm and flock has never been so good.
James Ruggeri runs a mixed flock of 200 ewes on 50 acres of...
26 June 2024
Lambs produced by an organic hill flock of Welsh ewes are hitting finishing weights two weeks earlier since performance recording was introduced to improve genetics.
The Parry family have been performance recording for four years, in the...
24 June 2024
In the days when Sara Edwards’ great-grandmother farmed, agriculture had an informal network of mentors in the shape of her neighbouring farmers, sharing ideas and passing on knowledge. Three generations later and Sara sees...
