Land: April 2022 – July 2022
This dashboard outlines land key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between April 2022 - July 2022.
News and Events
Improvements to flock productivity help sheep farm with carbon efficiency
8 December 2022
Exceeding targets for ewe efficiency and lamb growth rates is helping a Welsh sheep farm to become more carbon efficient.
Hendre Ifan Goch, a Farming Connect demonstration site near Blackmill, Bridgend, produces lamb from a...
No dig gardening benefits soil, but beware of pitfalls expert warns
6 December 2022
A minimum cultivation approach to growing vegetables is enriching the soil and controlling weeds at a Welsh market garden, but a horticulture expert warns of some potential pitfalls to consider when embarking on no dig gardening...
Celebrating our farms at the Winter Fair
25 November 2022
Farming Connect’s role is to inspire and challenge farmers throughout Wales to achieve the best from their farming systems, to run competitive, resilient and sustainable farm and forestry businesses. Since 2015, Farming Connect has helped Welsh...
EIP Wales - Pasture for Pollinators - 21/11/2022
Here’s David Edge, Cop House Farm and Bex Cartwright from the BBCT talking about the success of the EIP Wales project looking at conservation techniques to increase the number of pollinators, such as bumblebees, across six Calon Wen dairy farms...
14.8% uplift in vegetable performance with biochar and compost added to soil
17 November 2022
Adding biochar charcoal to a low nutrient compost has been shown to increase vegetable performance by an average of 14.8% over two growing seasons in market gardens in Wales.
Biochar, a type of charcoal produced during...
Agroforestry options
25 October 2022
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Agroforestry is receiving a lot of focus for its role in achieving net-zero globally
- Agroforestry offers multiple integration options but it is important to consider what trees to grow...
