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27 February 2023

Carmarthenshire farmer learning everything he needs to know about modern farming through Farming Connect

27 February 2023 His parents introduced him to the hands-on ‘land and livestock’ side of farming at an early age but for Carmarthenshire-born Dylan Morgan, it’s Farming Connect that keeps this construction management graduate ‘bang up to date’. Dylan says...

Type: Case Studies Key Sector: Beef, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock

7 October 2022

Episode 70: Sustainable Farming Scheme- Delving deeper into the detail

This podcast will be an opportunity to understand a bit more about the Sustainable Farming Scheme proposals and how the scheme could operate in the context of a real sheep farm. We’ll be focusing on the Universal Actions for benchmarking...

Type: Podcasts Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Goats, Horticulture, Organic, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Benchmarking, Business Planning

26 September 2022

Top-performing ewes rearing double the average lamb weight in Welsh flock

26 September 2022 Using ewe efficiency data to guide breeding decisions in a Welsh upland flock has demonstrated the value of performance-recording in hill breeds, as those figures show that the top performing females in the flock are rearing twice...

Type: News Key Sector: Sheep

Theme: Livestock Key Specialism: Benchmarking, Business Management and Planning

19 July 2022

Farming Connect soil carbon benchmarking initiative a first for Wales

19 July 2022 Farmers will have access to important pan-Wales soil carbon benchmarking data for the first time, thanks to an ambitious new Farming Connect auditing initiative. The initial results of the Welsh Soil Project are being shared with farmers...

Type: News Theme: Business, Land

Key Specialism: Benchmarking

29 March 2022

Overview and prioritisation of main themes from the Farming Connect baseline survey (2021).

Type: Reports Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Horticulture, Organic, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Benchmarking, Diversification, Grassland Management, Nutrient Management Planning, Succession, Water Quality, Woodland Management

14 July 2021

Advisory Service - Have you got an up-to-date business plan? - 14/07/2021

Type: Factsheets Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Horticulture, Organic, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Benchmarking, Business Management and Planning

21 June 2021

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...

Type: Videos Key Sector: Dairy

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Business Management and Planning, Grassland Management

21 June 2021

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...

Type: Case Studies Key Sector: Dairy

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Benchmarking, Business Management and Planning, Grassland Management

30 March 2021

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...

Type: Videos Key Sector: Beef, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Benchmarking, Grassland Management

21 January 2021

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...

Type: Publications Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Horticulture, Organic, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Benchmarking, Grassland Management, Joint Ventures, Woodland Management

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