News and Events

19 August 2021

The past two days, Minister for Rural Affairs Lesley Griffiths, has met with representatives from Farming Connect’s demonstration and innovation project sites and service users in Mid and South West Wales.

Discussing projects undertaken, innovation and...

19 August 2021

Long-lost wheat varieties can offer a good alternative to modern wheat on low input farms, but lodging can be a challenge, crop trials in Pembrokeshire have shown.

Only 9% of farmland in Wales is currently used...

4 August 2021

Sheep milk producers supplying the cheese market could increase the overall cheese yield potential of their flock by carrying ewes with a low somatic cell count (SCC).

The first year of a European Innovation Partnership (EIP)...

Below is the 34th issue of Farming Connect’s technical publication for farmers and foresters in Wales.

Published bi-monthly, it includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters, along with the latest information and research from our...

17 June 2021

Dr David Cutress & Dr Gwen Rees: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) are highly prevalent in the UK cattle industry
• GINs can have implications on cattle health, welfare, productivity, and economics, particularly in youngstock...

17 June 2021

A farm-based community bakery in Pembrokeshire is experimenting with producing bread from a range of ancient grains and heritage wheat varieties.

These species of wheat can be tricky to grow but a European Innovation Partnership (EIP)...

This dashboard outlines red meat key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between January 2021 - April 2021.

This dashboard outlines horticulture key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between May 2020 - April 2021.