News and Events

This dashboard outlines dairy key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between September 2019 - December 2019.

In this episode, we visit Hardwick Farm near Abergavenny to meet dairy farmer, David Jones, and Genus’ Technical Services Consultant, Patrick Spencer. David and Patrick explain the benefits of using the Genus feed face technology to monitor cow feeding and...

5 February 2020

Soil sampling at a Welsh fruit and vegetable farm has demonstrated the benefits of nutrient management planning in horticulture.

Claudia Lenza grows fruit and vegetables on 7.6 hectares (ha) at Llanvihangel Crucorney in Monmouthshire.

Her main...

5 February 2020

“Spending time visiting rural businesses In different regions is a valuable way to see best practice in action, discover new ways of working and re-energise your own business,” says young farmer Gwenan Davies of Mydroilyn YFC...

This dashboard outlines land key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2019 - November 2019.

This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2019 - November 2019.

This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August 2019 - November 2019.

28 January 2020

Correct management of pregnant ewes will reduce the number of lamb mortalities from birth to weaning.

Lamb losses post-lambing can be as high as 15% in Welsh flocks yet many are preventable, insists vet Helen Scott...

27 January 2020

Cerys Fairclough might be only 16, but she’s got a wise head on young shoulders.  Agriculture student Cerys says that being selected for last year’s Farming Connect Agri Academy Junior Programme has given her a very...

Cerys Fairclough shares her stories and the values of the Agri Academy to her. Remember that the application window is open until 31st March 2020!