9 December 2022
“However confident you are in your own ability, there are sometimes better or different ways of doing things.”
These are the words of William Williams, who keeps around 500 easy-care ewes at the 200-acre farm near...
8 December 2022
Exceeding targets for ewe efficiency and lamb growth rates is helping a Welsh sheep farm to become more carbon efficient.
Hendre Ifan Goch, a Farming Connect demonstration site near Blackmill, Bridgend, produces lamb from a...
In this episode we will focus on biodiversity. We will visit Mount Joy Farm, Pembrokeshire, where farmer Will Hannah has undertaken a biodiversity audit to see how his farming system expands the diversity he has there. We will also visit...
We zoom over to Finland to learn about grass cultivation in this episode with a focus on Timothy grass.
Diverse weather conditions makes grass cultivation a particularly interesting topic in Finland. From icy, freezing winters to hot summers, the cultivation...
6 December 2022
A minimum cultivation approach to growing vegetables is enriching the soil and controlling weeds at a Welsh market garden, but a horticulture expert warns of some potential pitfalls to consider when embarking on no dig gardening...
This episode is presented by Alison Harvey, Agri Supply Chain Advisor at Rural Advisor. She is joined by Solicitor and Managing Partner at Agri Advisor, Dr Nerys Llewelyn Jones. One of the most difficult conversations to be had revolves around...
30 November 2022
At this year’s Winter Fair in Builth Wells, Welsh Government Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths launched a new bilingual farm safety publicity campaign targeting primary-age school children in Wales.
Produced by the Wales Farm Safety...
30 November 2022
A young farmer’s resolve to make his family farm self-sufficient and remove its reliance on direct subsidy payments has been the catalyst to a highly successful horticulture diversification.
Ed Swan joined his parents, Clive and Gail...
