News and Events

Making sure you stay connected during these unprecedented times.

23 June 2020

Farming Connect has found a creative solution to the temporary suspension of its on-farm events this summer with a series of live digital broadcasts from its demonstration sites.

These broadcasts will take the events to farmers...

11 June 2020

Whilst many farmers will welcome hot and dry weather when making their silage, it does bring different challenges. In drought conditions, we must focus on ensuring that we have high quality silage, accepting that crop yield...

4 June 2020

Persistent dry weather conditions during recent months have led Farming Connect’s red meat demonstration sites to adjust management practices to meet the challenges they’re facing. It has become evident that reduced grass growth rates and diminishing...

4 June 2020

A Welsh dairy farm is proving that it is possible to run a high yielding Holstein herd on a grazing system.

Paddock grazing is commonly associated with block-calving herds of cows bred specifically for producing milk...

Join Farming Connect and Charlie Morgan, Grassmaster to discuss the importance of reseeding and how to deal with any problems that you may come across.

• Examples of the common mistakes when reseeding
• How to avoid those problems occurring
• Consider the...

1 June 2020

The recent prolonged spell of dry weather has led to some of Farming Connect’s Dairy demonstration sites needing to adjust their feeding and silage making regime to cope with low soil moisture levels. 

Grass growth rates...