News and Events
Vets advise sheep farmers on preventing abortion and barren ewes
22 January 2020
Lamb producers experiencing abortion rates above 2% are being advised to test ewes for the main abortion-causing pathogens.
Nearly a quarter of all lamb losses on Welsh farms are due to abortion, yet Enzootic Abortion of...
Episode 9 - Junior Agri Academy Study Visit to Iceland - 20/01/2020
Follow the Junior Agri Academy as they take a look at agriculture and farm diversification in Iceland. Highlights include a visit to a farm hotel, a mixed dairy and sheep farm, a tomato farm, a slaughterhouse and a meeting with...
Managing nutrition in pre-lambing period critical for ewe and lamb health
20 January 2020
Sheep farmers who carefully manage ewe nutrition in the last eight weeks of pregnancy will be rewarded with the successful growth and development of the unborn lamb.
Ewe nutrition is important at all stages of pregnancy...
Living life in the fast lane – Pwllheli-born Malan Hughes is a vet, dairy farmer, public speaker and a runner!
20 January 2020
Malan Hughes credits Farming Connect’s Agri Academy with helping her plan her future and achieve her potential through professional development. The application window for the Agri Academy 2020 is open now, and she wants you to...
Episode 8 - Erw Fawr, Farming Connect's Demonstration Farm, Holyhead, Anglesey - 10/01/2020
In this episode we visit Erw Fawr on Anglesey, which is one of Farming Connect’s new demonstration farms. We have the farmer Ceredig Evans and Farming Connect's Dairy technical officer Rhys Davies as company.
The fight against weeds is heating up - electrophysical dock control EIP Wales project
10 January 2020
Two dairy farmers near Raglan, Monmouthshire, are taking part in an EIP Wales project which is one of the first of its kind in the UK to investigate how electrophysical weeding can reduce our dependency on...
‘Develop your skills, develop your business!’ Farming Connect announces first skills application window for 2020
6 January 2020
Farming Connect’s first skills application window of 2020 will open at 09:00 on Monday, 6 January and close at 17:00, Friday, 28 February.
With a number of new face to face and online training options recently...
A field to fork philosophy and ethical slant on ready meals means top quality Welsh farm produce is flying off the shelves for one Cardiff butcher this Christmas!
23 December 2019
It’s been a busy year for Cardiff-based butcher Shaun Hall Jones, whose field to fork approach to selling top quality Welsh farm produce has seen him double the size of the business this year.
Former teacher...