News and Events
FC - Issue 41 - September/October 2022
Below is the 41st 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...
A challenging season for the Welsh Pasture Project’s experienced grazing managers
Richard Rees Farm name and location: Penmaen Bach, Pennal, Machynlleth Sector: Red Meat (Sheep) Being lightly stocked, we have been lucky over the last couple of months; we have managed to keep average farm cover fairly consistent around 2200kgDM/ha, with...
FC - Issue 40 - July/August 2022
Below is the 40th 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...
Grass measuring key to Welsh Pasture Project farmer’s dairying system
30 November 2021 Measuring grass covers weekly is pivotal to exploiting milk production from grazed grass on one of the driest farms in Wales. Maesllwch Home Farm in the Wye Valley is lucky to get 860mm (34 inches) of rain...
FCTV - Infrastructure - 26/07/2021
In this episode we will visit 4 of our demonstration farms, Graig Olway, Cefngwilgy, Hendre Ifan Goch and Bodwi who has invested in infrastructure to improve their farming systems. We’ll also catch up with one of our Pasture Project farms...
Welsh Pasture Project - 2021 Mid Season Review at Blaenglowon Fawr - 01/07/2021
'Through the Welsh Pasture Project, we sent in grass samples for analysis monthly and even though there wasn't much grass on the ground early on, the quality was still there'. Bleddyn Davies, Blaenglowon Fawr.
Rotational grazing shown to increase soil organic matter on Welsh farm
24 May 2021 Early indications from a Farming Connect project have shown that intensive rotational grazing in sheep systems increases soil organic matter (SOM). Pendre , a Farming Connect demonstration site at Llanfihangel y Creuddyn, near Aberystwyth, is aiming to...