18 June 2025
Farming Connect is offering a fully funded, Lantra-accredited animal health and welfare training workshop -'Managing Breeding Bulls'. It will be delivered by approved local vet practices across Wales and is designed to support farmers to enhance their...
23 September 2024
Richard Wilding, an upland sheep farmer from Presteigne was the winner of the Farming Connect Learner of the Year Award in the 40-year-old and under category at the Lantra Cymru Awards which was held back in January...
29 August 2024
Populations of weeds, pests and diseases can seriously impact arable yields but one Pembrokeshire grower is better armed to combat these since embarking on a course in agronomy, integrated crop protection and crop nutrition.
Eurig Jones...
15 July 2024
The names of this year’s intake selected to take part in the Agri Academy 2024 have been announced.
The successful candidates will meet for the first time at a reception at the Royal Welsh Show on Tuesday...
26 June 2024
Lambs produced by an organic hill flock of Welsh ewes are hitting finishing weights two weeks earlier since performance recording was introduced to improve genetics.
The Parry family have been performance recording for four years, in the...
29 February 2024
Reducing milking frequency to once a day can cut the workload for Welsh dairy farmers but a new report commissioned by Farming Connect has shown that for some businesses profitability will take a hit if they...
All employed agricultural, horticultural and forestry workers in Wales, including workers employed by gang masters and employment agencies, are entitled to at least the Agricultural Minimum Wage. This podcast is intended to help employers of agricultural workers understand and comply...
This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between October - December 2023
