News and Events

This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between April – June 2023

Forester and Farming Connect Mentor, Phil Morgan, shares his work at Coed Fron Drain near Mold, a sustainably managed forest which was discussed whilst representing Wales at the 2022 International Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) conference in France. 

CCF is an...

Tom Tolputt is an organic farmer in Cornwall who's spent the last 25 years searching for the answer.  The key to achieving sustainable farming systems for Tom, co-founder of TerraFarmer, a regenerative & biological farm consultancy is to build soil...

Bryn Perry, a first generation tenant and sheep dairy farmer in Pembrokeshire shares the insights gathered by the Agri Academy on a study visit to the Basque region of Spain. Get a glimpse of a Basque dairy farm and their...

17 March 2023

Food processing and butchery, sheep dog handling, viticulture and regenerative farming – in the current Farming Connect programme - approved mentors offer fully funded one-to-one support on an increasingly wide range of topics.

“Receiving confidential one-to-one...

16 March 2023

Infestations of nuisance and biting flies at a Welsh pig unit have halved since beneficial insects were introduced as a method to control the fly lifecycle.

Predatory flies, which feed off insects like the common house...

16 March 2023

Simple adjustments like correctly setting time clocks on water heaters and lagging pipes can capture big energy cost savings for a dairy farming business.

Milk cooling, water heating and vacuum pumps account for the biggest proportion...