10 March 2025
Continuing professional development (CPD) is an anticipated mandatory requirement for all farm businesses in Wales which enter the Welsh Government’s proposed Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS). Due to start on 1 January next year, the version of the SFS...
03 March 2025
A forward-thinking Welsh dairy farm is embracing training opportunities to advance the business.
Improving performance is a must for any farm business in today’s volatile market but doing so is often easier said than done, especially without...
30 January 2025
The ripple effect of positive change is being experienced on farms and other agri-businesses across Wales thanks to the Farming Connect Mentoring programme.
Farmers like Dai Evershed, who benefitted from the guidance and expertise of a friend...
28 January 2025
With a little-known deadly gas emitted by slurry responsible for fatalities in farming every year, the Wales Farmer Safety Partnership (WFSP) is raising awareness of the risks that exist, even in open spaces.
Hydrogen sulphide can be...
20 Jannuary 2025
With Farming Connect-funded trials ranging from growing lucerne in Brecon to establishing sunflowers as a companion crop with maize, farmers are being invited to apply for the next round of funding from the initiative that brought...
17 January 2025
Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs & Climate Change, Huw Irranca-Davies, has congratulated each of the winners and nominees for the Lantra Cymru Awards 2024. Attending this year’s awards celebration event (16...
29 November 2024
Welsh sheep farmers are being urged to work closely with their vets to test for infectious diseases and to invest in post-mortems on animals that die from no obvious cause.
Maedi visna (MV), Border disease and other...
21 November 2024
Trialling different pumpkin-growing techniques in the first season of a pick-your-own (PYO) farm diversification has helped a new entrant farming business manage risk in that all important foundation year, and informed decision making for the 2025 season...
13 November 2024
New skills and training can help farmers and their employees address some of the challenges to their businesses from climate change.
As part of Wales Climate Week, which runs from 11-15 November, Farming Connect is urging...
08 November 2024
A new generation of Welsh growers is breathing new life into the idea of small-scale, low-impact market gardening.
Farmland on the outskirts of Lamphey, Pembrokeshire, has been in Kate Roberts’ family for four generations and it...
