News and Events
Collaboration through Venture brings mutual benefits to farm owner and new entrant
17 January 2023
The knowledge and experience of an established sheep farmer and the ambition and energy of a new entrant have combined in a new joint venture farming partnership facilitated by Farming Connect’s Venture service.
Second generation farmer...
Land: April 2022 – July 2022
This dashboard outlines land key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between April 2022 - July 2022.
Livestock: April 2022 – July 2022
This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between April 2022 - July 2022.
Business: April 2022 – July 2022
This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between April 2022 - July 2022.
Lamb producers save £2.57/ewe on purchased feed costs at lambing
13 December 2022
Producing high protein silage and feeding it pre-lambing in combination with high protein soya has helped a Flintshire sheep farm to reduce its feed costs by £2.57 a ewe.
Father and son David and Mathew Roberts...
Sarah Evans, Watery Lane Produce - 11/11/2022
Seeds of ambition – how a farming entrepreneur turned her ‘lockdown’ gardening hobby into a new home-based veg box delivery business.
Seeds of ambition – how a farming entrepreneur turned her ‘lockdown’ gardening hobby into a new home-based veg box delivery business
11 November 2022
Setting up a new business growing, supplying and delivering boxes of fresh local produce has been a fast but rewarding learning curve for Sarah Evans. Sarah is the proud owner of Watery Lane Produce, a small...
Trial shows quality grazing has greater effect on lamb growth than trace element supplements
10 November 2022
A Farming Connect trial has shown a cost benefit of up to £3.36/head from supplementing lambs with trace elements post-weaning; however, grass availability and parasite control had the biggest influence on the performance of animals in...
Scott Robinson - 30/09/2022
“There aren’t enough hours in the day” for entrepreneurial young Pembrokeshire dairy farmer Scott Robinson