News and Events

This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2021 - March 2022.

Speaker: Richard Evans, Welsh Government

Small Grants – Yard Coverings and Nutrient Management Investment schemes supports farmers in Wales to improve on-farm nutrient management, by investing in existing on-farm infrastructure and equipment.

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30 June 2022

At 430 metres at its highest point, the land farmed by John and Sarah Yeomans and their family can be a challenging environment for growing grass on the shoulders of the season but by incorporating timothy...

Over the winter, silage is the backbone of the feed system on most farms here in Wales, so it is vital that we get that management right. During this programme, we will visit farms that have changed their silage systems...

With the long-awaited return of the Innovation & Diversification Wales event, we took the opportunity to attend and catch-up with two of the headline speakers – Tom Pemberton and RegenBen. Tom Pemberton is a farmer, television personality, best-selling author and...

1 June 2022

Biodiversity surveys provide a beneficial baseline of how a farm supports wildlife, and highlight opportunities to further improve habitat corridors across Wales, a new pilot study suggests. 

A pilot project at Pendre Farm, a Farming Connect...

In this episode we will hear more about how a mixed farm has built resilience into its business, and we will join an event at Cefn Llan farm, discussing the important of grass in a livestock system. Later, we will...

Below is the 39th 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...

Andrew Rees of Moor Farm, near Haverfordwest, places a huge emphasis on efficiency within the business. Between 2016 and 2019, the farm was one of Farming Connect’s Demonstration Sites where he undertook a trial into the benefits of multispecies leys...

16 May 2022

“Farming is a fast-moving, progressive industry so there is always new science we need to be aware of and innovative, more efficient ways of doing things,” says Kim Brickell, a farm manager at one of Wales’...