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Emma and Mari Roberts, Brynaeron Farm - 21/06/2021
From front-line nurse to front-line farmer! This is Emma Roberts and daughter, Mari, who are an important part of ‘Team Roberts’ at Brynaeron, a 360 acre dairy, family farm in Pembrokeshire. Keen to learn all they could about the livestock...
From front-line nurse to front-line farmer, with a helping hand from Farming Connect
21 June 2021 Pembrokeshire-born Emma Roberts had a part-time job she loved at a busy GP surgery in Whitland. Therefore, why did qualified nurse Emma, who has been at the front-line of the profession for more than 30 years, decide...
Demo Farm Decade: Hafod y Maidd - 30/03/2021
Iwan Davies, a beef and sheep farmer from Hafod y Maidd, Glasfryn, Corwen looks back at his time as a Farming Connect demonstration farmer and how he was able to make justified decisions to adapt his farming system based on...
FC - Issue 31 - January/February 2021
Below is the 31st 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...
WEBINAR: What can Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) tools and techniques offer livestock farmers? - 12/10/2020
Performance recording and benchmarking are key for success in the livestock sector but what additional value can PLF offer? This webinar introduces farmers and industry practitioners to the concept of PLF, and the challenges and opportunities that it brings. A...
Farming Connect is determined to reach out to women in farming - the driving force behind many successful rural businesses in Wales
26 May 2020 The number of females registered with Farming Connect is less than half the number of males registered. It’s a ratio that Eirwen Williams, director of rural programmes with Menter a Busnes, is determined to address. “With so...
Can Precision Farming Help Mitigate Climate Change?
29 April 2020 David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University. Agriculture 4.0 or Precision farming is the current farming trend which uses technologies, to monitor and act, on individual farm assets in a targeted way Precision farming has the potential to reduce...