News and Events

 'Benchmarking get's quite addictive once you start' - that's the opinion of our arable Focus Site Farmer, Tom Rees. Despite being a relatively small grower, he's managed to compete against the larger enterprises by focusing on his cost of production...

18 April 2019

Welsh farmers are being warned to take soil health seriously or risk poor production as spells of extreme wet and dry weather become commonplace.

Fields with poor soil structure won’t perform in very dry conditions...

Soil mapping techniques has been under the spotlight at one of our Focus sites- Dudwell, Camrose, Haverfordwest. Take a look at this video to establish how this aims to improve the financial and environmental performance of the business. 

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Below is the 20th 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...

22 February 2019

Chris Duller, AgriPlan Cymru

An early spring has been on the wish list for many people, particularly those with limited forage or an eye on the straw price – the sooner animals can...

18 January 2019

Three farmers who have travelled the globe researching topics ranging from soil health to conservation grazing will present their findings at the Wales Farming Conference in February.

Powys livestock farmer Richard Tudor will be joined...

30 November 2018

Increasing soil pH from 5.9 to a target of 6.3-6.5 will improve fertiliser utilisation on grassland farms by £120/hectare (ha), a soil specialist calculates.

Independent agronomist Mark Tripney, who analyses farmland soils, says when pH is...