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Farming Connect Agri Academy alumni and Farming Connect’s development officer for Monmouthshire & Glamorgan join new Hybu Cig Cymru board
Two young female farmers, both alumni of the Agri Academy, Farming Connect’s flagship personal development programme, have recently been appointed as board members of Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC - Meat Promotion Wales), the Aberystwyth-based body responsible for the development, promotion...
Two Mid Wales farmers are convincing ambassadors for Farming Connect’s flagship personal development programme!
For two Mid Wales farmers, signing up for Farming Connect’s prestigious personal development programme, the Agri Academy, when it was first launched by the Welsh Government in 2012, was the start of a new positive and more profitable phase of...
Agri Academy – a life changing experience for one Mid Wales farming family
The 2017 programme was launched in Cardiff Bay by the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths who said that the learning and development provided by the Agri Academy will pay massive dividends when it comes to...
FC - Issue 7
Below is the 7th 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...
Farming Connect Agri Academy 2017 – the search is on for the next generation of rural leaders and entrepreneurs…and last year’s candidates are persuasive advocates!
Young farmer and chartered surveyor Carwyn Rees wins the Agri-Academy Business & Innovation challenge
During her meeting with this year’s Farming Connect Agri Academy candidates at a reception on the first day of the Winter Fair, Lesley Griffiths Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs announced that chartered surveyor Carwyn Rees (26) a...
Agri-Academy Rural Leadership candidates provide the Cabinet Secretary with their vision for ensuring a sustainable and profitable agriculture industry in Wales post-Brexit
Farming Connect Agri-Academy 2016 candidates attended a special ceremony at this year’s Winter Fair in Llanelwedd, when they met Lesley Griffiths, Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs.
The event, which was also attended by representatives from a number...
Former student of the Farming Connect Agri Academy Junior Programme secures Wales YFC Junior Member of the Year title
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“Being part of the Farming Connect Agri Academy was an inspirational experience and I would urge anyone wanting to work in the farming, food or forestry industry to apply – it will change the way you think and the...