The Farming Connect Welsh Sheep Genetics Programme (WSGP) offers sheep farmers in Wales technical and financial support to enhance their flock’s performance, increasing flock profitability using improving genetics.
This article shows the impact that selective breeding makes at High Country...
16 October 2024
Farming Connect is excited to re-open the application window for more flocks in Wales to join the Welsh Sheep Genetics Programme. The Welsh Sheep Genetics Programme (WSGP) is currently supporting Welsh sheep farmers to record and improve...
13 August 2024
Farming Connect’s Welsh Sheep Genetics Project (WSGP) is helping to facilitate major change in a large-scale sheep flock.
The Rhug Estate near Corwen had been running a flying flock of 3,750 North...
19 December 2023
Welsh farmers could soon have the option to breed sheep with a naturally low carbon footprint thanks to a new Farming Connect project with ambition to create an estimated breeding value (EBV) for methane yield.
Emissions...
11 October 2023
Ram buying season is now in full swing. Rams are predominantly selected on appearance, with buyers prioritising physical soundness as well as breed type when selecting their rams, with the objective of these physical attributes passing...
26 September 2023
A sheep needs to be hardy to thrive in terrain that rises to 590 metres at the edge of the rugged Rhinogydd mountains in the Eryri National Park.
Bryn Hughes and Sarah Carr have only...
9 May 2023
Farming Connect is excited to announce plans to support performance recording in Welsh sheep flocks through the new Welsh Sheep Genetics Programme.
By working closely with world-leading genetic experts, Innovis and AHDB Signet the programme will...
