An anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, matched in size to a farm’s needs, can allow Welsh poultry units to take control of their energy costs and benefit manure management.
Wales has seen a big expansion in poultry production in recent...
Upper Pendre is situated on the edge of the village of Llangorse near Brecon. It is a mixed dairy, beef and arable farm of 180 hectares (450 acres) of which half the ground is suitable for cropping. The farm rises...
A vending machine dispensing raw milk produced by one of the last remaining pedigree Ayrshire herds in South East Wales has helped to secure the future of that herd.
Robert and Kath Granville were almost forced out of business...
Aim high, do your research and try and identify a gap in the market, is the advice from one farming family from Pwllheli who have done just that!
Third generation farmer Alan Jones, wife Bethan and two sons Osian and...
A Farming Connect project focussing on better use of home produced fertilisers shows how managing manure applications and testing soils nutrient status can improve productivity and profitability on Welsh soils.
The project, located at Lower Eyton Farm near Wrexham, focussed...
Benchmarking against the top third performing farm businesses in Wales could be the catalyst to creating viable sustainable businesses for many farmers, according to Farming Connect.
This was reinforced by beef and sheep farmers Paul and Dwynwen Williams of...
Bryony Gittins needed no persuading when she had the opportunity to return to the family farm in Llanthony near Abergavenny, where she grew up helping her parents with the day to day running of the business. In their late teens...
Covering a heap of farmyard manure with sheeting and turning it regularly has been shown to double its potash value and significantly increase phosphorous levels during a Farming Connect trial at a Pembrokeshire organic farm.
The Miles family – Gerald...
Switzerland is not a member of the EU but its farmers trade with the member states in line with European Free Trade Association - EFTA regulations.
Switzerland holds around 130 contracts allowing the country to trade with the EU, which...
