22 July 2024
A fifth generation Welsh sheep and beef farm has resolved a succession conundrum by bringing a young farmer into the business as a partner.
Ben Ryder’s family have farmed Maesmachreth, an upland farm near Machynlleth, for...
26 March 2024
A young sheep farmer is reaping the benefits of his steadfast determination to get a foothold in farming coupled with an indisputable passion for agriculture.
Dafydd Owen secured a share farming agreement after...
13 March 2024
It takes courage and vision to re-mortgage the family home to buy land to grow organic vegetables and flowers on a commercial scale, but Emma Maxwell and Dave Ashley made that bold decision and...
Alison Harvey presents a panel discussion between a member of the Agri Academy Alice Bacon and Anna Bowen, who have formed their own joint venture agreements. We hear how share and contract farming agreements have allowed them the opportunity to be...
05 October 2023
With Farming Connect-funded trials ranging from growing grass with rock dust to establishing farm-scale tea bushes on hill land already underway in Wales, farmers are being invited to apply for the next round of funding from...
This dashboard outlines Venture key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between June 2022 - December 2022.
The second episode within our new entrant to agriculture series brings together four young farmers which were all raised on family farms in North Wales but have decided to forge their own career in Agriculture through various joint venture agreements...
23 January 2023
Anglesey-born young farmer, Martyn Owen, has won the prestigious Brynle Williams Memorial Award for 2022, which recognises the achievements of a young farmer who has found their way into farming through Farming Connect’s Venture programme. Martyn...
Wanted! Farming Connect is searching for a new entrant for a share farming opportunity in Denbighshire
Rhian Pierce is knowledgeable, competent and a very capable beef and sheep farmer who farms alongside her father at Plas Dolben, Llangynhafal in Denbighshire...
23 January 2023
Rhian Pierce is knowledgeable, competent and a very capable beef and sheep farmer who farms alongside her father at Plas Dolben, Llangynhafal in Denbighshire. As Mr Pierce reduces the time he spends on the farm and...
