News and Events

31 July 2024

A farm-based tree management and planting scheme in Denbighshire is demonstrating how landlords and tenants with shared environmental aspirations can work together for mutual gain.

Tudor and Julia Hughes farm sheep on two holdings at Llangwyfan, near...

24 June 2024

In the days when Sara Edwards’ great-grandmother farmed, agriculture had an informal network of mentors in the shape of her neighbouring farmers, sharing ideas and passing on knowledge. Three generations later and Sara sees...

10 March 2024

All employed agricultural, horticultural and forestry workers in Wales (including workers employed by gang masters and employment agencies) are entitled to be paid at least the Agricultural Minimum Wage. 

The Agricultural Wages (Wales) Order 2024 replaces...

30 November 2023

Trees shape the appearance of the Welsh countryside, but their role extends far beyond the visual.

From mitigating the effects of drought and reducing soil erosion to capturing carbon and providing shelter for livestock, woodland can...

Our Forestry & Farm Woodland Specialist, Geraint Jones is joined by David Brown and Ruth Pybus prior to welcoming other farmers to their event at Fron Haul on the 17th of November. Fron Haul is a mixed farm that has integrated...

This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between July – September 2023

3 April 2023

Dr Saba Amir, IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Establishment of trees in hen ranges as part of a silvopoultry system is considered to improve poultry welfare, provide wider environmental benefits and increase local biodiversity.
• Because the...

Forester and Farming Connect Mentor, Phil Morgan, shares his work at Coed Fron Drain near Mold, a sustainably managed forest which was discussed whilst representing Wales at the 2022 International Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) conference in France. 

CCF is an...