1 June 2023
Over 1500 farming businesses from across Wales have benefitted from multi sector discussion groups delivered through Farming Connect since 2015. As we open the application window for 2023 now is your time to benefit from all...
9 February 2023
A group of Welsh livestock farmers is collectively capturing feed savings of £26,000 a year across their sheep flocks by increasing the metabolisable energy (ME) value of their silage.
The Farming Connect-facilitated Hiraethog Discussion Group has...
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...
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...
1 February 2022
Ioan Jones is an experienced third-generation upland sheep farmer who farms with his wife Susan and son Aled at Dolyfelin near Builth Wells. The family realised that the flock of more than 800 Lleyn and Texel/Lleyn-cross...
19 May 2021
A group of Welsh farmers are embarking on carbon audits to understand the level of greenhouse gases (GHG) they are producing and to inform an action plan to reduce emissions if needed.
The farmers are all...
17 September 2019
Farming Connect offers an extensive array of support for farming businesses to benchmark their physical and financial performance.
Benchmarking will enable you to gain a better understanding of how your business is performing and to help...
28 March 2018
As soaring straw prices add to production costs on Welsh sheep farms, slatted housing can offer a solution but its advantages must be balanced against the initial outlay.
During a Farming Connect event at Nant...
Eifion Pughe was just 24 years old when he had the opportunity to farm in his own right, making it his mission to create an economically viable business fit to survive the challenges that lie ahead for Welsh family farms...
Discussion group members were interested in looking into trace element by blood testing a sample of their flock. This was done in conjunction with local vets and members used their discussion group ‘incentives’ to fund the blood sampling.
Blood samples...
