News and Events
Start planning for the future of your farm business – attend a Farming Connect succession surgery
Succession planning for farmers and foresters can be an unwelcome and often difficult task, but it’s an issue that shouldn’t be put off if you want to safeguard the future of the business and avoid conflict within the family. ...
Farming Connect appoints new development officer for North Pembrokeshire
Rhiannon James has been appointed as the Farming Connect development officer for North Pembrokeshire, a role she’ll combine with being a farmer’s wife, mum to three small children and helping out with farming duties!
Rhiannon grew up on her...
Venture – the Farming Connect initiative successfully matching landowners with those seeking a route into farming
Farming Connect’s pioneering joint opportunities platform Venture, launched 18 months ago, is helping facilitate much needed mobility within the agricultural industry in Wales. By helping match individuals wanting to consider joint ventures such as contract or share farming and providing support and...
We're urging sheep farmers in Wales to make use of the improved Nematodirus risk forecast provided by SCOPS and the University of Bristol
SCOPS has teamed up with researchers at the University of Bristol* again to provide a Nematodirus risk forecast for 2017.
It is available on the SCOPS website and predicts when Nematodirus eggs will hatch in an area and therefore...
Reserve a place at your nearest ‘Farming for the future’ roadshow!
Click here to book a place for the upcoming 2020 events.
As Brexit and its implications are debated daily by politicians and business people throughout the world, there is one thing everyone is broadly agreed upon! We are entering...
Case Study: Nant Goch Mastitis Control
Cutting the rate of new clinical mastitis cases reduces antibiotic use and helps dairy farm save £55,000 a year.
A WELSH dairy farm is saving a staggering £55,000 a year on cases of clinical mastitis, compared to a few years...