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Episode 94 - Staff Management series- Episode 3: What legislation affects you as a farming employer, employee or worker?
All employed agricultural, horticultural and forestry workers in Wales, including workers employed by gang masters and employment agencies, are entitled to at least the Agricultural Minimum Wage. This podcast is intended to help employers of agricultural workers understand and comply...
Future-proofing her family’s Welsh upland farm is a priority for fourth generation farmer Anna Jones who, armed with the knowledge and confidence gained through Farming Connect, is forging ahead with that goal.
19 February 2024
Anna was working in the equine sector in 2016 when she decided she wanted her future to be in agriculture, farming 150-hectares near Welshpool with her parents, John and Sally.
As her brother, Matthew...
Farming Connect skills courses key to staff development at horticulture business
16 February 2024
A plant nursery that specialises in cultivating new and unusual species is applying the ethos of nurturing to its workforce too by utilising Farming Connect training courses and knowledge transfer events to fill skills gaps and...
Training courses are helping a shepherd prepare for a future in Welsh farming
15 February 2024
A Welsh shepherd is equipping himself with new skills and qualifications to take on the challenges that beckon for farming in the years ahead.
Welsh agriculture is on the cusp of a period of immense change...
Working Towards a More Sustainable Future: Breeding Sheep for Resistance and Resilience to Gastrointestinal Nematodes
Dr Natalie Meades: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
December 2023
- Gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) can have damaging effects on animal performance, health and welfare and are estimated to cost the UK sheep sector a considerable amount of money each year from loss of...
Farm teams up with Farming Connect to accelerate genetic potential of dairy herd
08 February 2024
A Conwy dairy farm is harnessing the power of genomics in a bid to accelerate genetic progress in its split block calving herd.
Rhydeden Farm, a 100-hectare holding, produces milk from 175 spring calving cows and...