News and Events

Below is the 13th 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...

23 January 2018

Lesley Griffiths, Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, today (Tuesday, 23 January) officially launched Farming Connect’s prestigious personal development programme, the Agri Academy 2018, at the Farmers’ Union of Wales annual farmhouse...

A group of future young leaders in Welsh agriculture have launched a video setting out their case for policies that could shape a strong farming industry in Wales post-Brexit.

The video message to policy makers, outlining key priorities, was...

One sheep farmer’s vision for shaping the future of a traditional family farm has earned him a Farming Connect Agri-Academy award at the 2017 Royal Welsh Winter Fair.

Huw Jones and his fellow 2017 Farming Connect Agri-Academy Business & Innovation Programme...

Switzerland is not a member of the EU but its farmers trade with the member states in line with European Free Trade Association - EFTA regulations.

Switzerland holds around 130 contracts allowing the country to trade with the EU, which...

A Welsh linguist who can hold a conversation in Spanish, Chinese or Russian, lots of would-be country land agents and vets, a nurse, a clutch of lawyers and accountants, and quite a few students! What they all have in common is that they are...

Delivered through Farming Connect, which is funded by Welsh Government and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development, the Agri Academy was launched in 2012.

It comprises three distinct programmes, namely the Business & Innovation programme; the Rural Leadership programme...