News and Events
Reduce on farm emissions and maximise carbon sequestration April – June 2024
This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between April – June 2024
The Importance of Keeping Children Safe on Farms
Wales Farm Safety Partnership, alongside Lantra Cymru has created a new e-learning course. ‘Children on Farms’ will give you guidance on keeping children safe on your farm during the upcoming summer holidays.
This course, taking roughly 45 minutes to complete...
Episode 105 - Fferm Glascoed - Improving Efficiency
Another opportunity to hear a discussion during this event at Glascoed farm. The sheep expert, Kate Phillips will lead the discussion between Alwyn and Dylan Nutting and talk about the findings of the review carried...
Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies will hear how Farming Connect’s ‘Start to Farm’ scheme is safeguarding the future prosperity of family farms in Wales at this year’s Royal Welsh Show
18 July 2024
“Matching landowners wanting or needing to step back from the industry with younger farmers or new entrants keen to gain a foothold in farming is not only invigorating and modernising Welsh agriculture but also safeguarding the future...
An upland farmer is growing his income from lamb sales by performance recording his closed flock of Welsh Mountain ewes.
10 July 2024
In five years, the average weight of lamb produced per ewe in Elfyn Owen’s flock has increased by 9.3kg, to 47.6kg.
Mr Owen, who farms with his wife, Ruth, recognised the value of achieving genetic gains driven...
West Wales Farm Boosting Sustainability and Reducing Feed Costs through Farming Connect Try Out Fund
09 July 2024
Llyr Griffiths, from Tafarn y Bugail in Llangoedmor, Ceredigion aims to improve the farm’s sustainability and reduce reliance on purchased feed for his 500-cow dairy herd by companion cropping maize with sunflowers.
With the increasing cost of...
Knowledge gained from Farming Connect mentor strengthens farm business
03 July 2024
With mentoring from an experienced farmer, a Powys lamb producer says the performance of his farm and flock has never been so good.
James Ruggeri runs a mixed flock of 200 ewes on 50 acres of...
Our Farms Farm Walks September 2024
Calling all farmers!
Join Farming Connect for a unique series of 15 farm walks across the Our Farms Network this September (9th - 27th) - Our Farms Farm Walks - September 2024. These walks offer a chance to see the...
Mentoring gives former BBC journalist courage to embark on right environmental projects for family farm
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...