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Women in agriculture learn that looking after yourself and your workers could be key to influencing change within Welsh farm businesses
There were great gales of laughter and shudders of horror in equal measures from the women from across Wales who attended Farming Connect’s recent Women in Agriculture forums held in Portmeirion and in Cardigan Castle.
Chaired by tv presenter...
Farming Connect appoints new development officer for South Wales
Hannah Wright is Farming Connect’s recently appointed development officer for the South Wales region, which includes Gower and a large area in the former county of Glamorgan.
Hannah grew up on her family’s small beef and sheep holding in...
Women in agriculture learn that looking after yourself and your workers could be key to influencing change within Welsh farm businesses
There were great gales of laughter and shudders of horror in equal measures from the women from across Wales who attended Farming Connect’s recent Women in Agriculture forum held in Portmeirion and in Cardigan Castle.
Chaired by tv presenter and...
Preparation for tupping
CARRYING out health checks around six to eight weeks before mating will help ensure that rams and ewes enter the tupping period in peak condition. Production will drop if ram performance and ewe fertility fail to reach their full potential...
From family farms to your plate – eight North Wales farmers are hoping to benefit from the growing ‘ready meals’ market thanks to saucy Welsh lamb meatballs
Exciting times lie ahead for eight North Wales sheep producers who are collaborating with multi-million pound food processing company, Roberts of Port Dinorwic, in a bid to take their top quality PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) Welsh lamb to the UK...
Capturing additional daily liveweight gain since establishing a rotational grazing system
An organic beef farm is capturing an additional 0.4kg/head of daily liveweight gain from yearling cattle at grass since establishing a rotational grazing system.
The cattle at Penrhiw Farm, near Llandysul, Ceredigion, were traditionally set stocked, but Phil Cowcher and...
Nearly a year into a partnership agreement, and 28-year-old Rhys Richards is proving how collaboration between farmers can be beneficial to all involved
Rhys was employed as an agricultural contractor after periods of working on farms but his ambition was to get a foothold on the farming ladder.
With assistance from Farming Connect’s ‘Venture’ initiative, he has achieved that goal, farming in...
Farmers urged to take advantage of free testing and veterinary support at Gwaredu BVD programme launch
As a £10 million initiative to eradicate bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) from Wales’ national cattle herd gets underway, farmers are urged to take advantage of free testing and veterinary support now or face possible compulsory testing at their own expense in...
Gilt Management
Recent events on the subject of gilt management were held in collaboration with Menter Moch Cymru in North and South Wales with Harper Adams University’s Senior Pig Lecturer, Alan Stewart. The events were targeted for pig producers to provide...