Feeding clover seed to sheep - 07/11/2019
Feeding clover seed to sheep to improve permanent grassland
News and Events
Miscanthus as an alternative crop for Welsh farmers
7 November 2019
Louise Radley: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- New legislation targets require petrol to be blended with 9.75% bioethanol by 2020, requiring increased bioenergy crop production while not impacting food crop production
- Miscanthus can thrive on marginal land and...
Make sure you prosper from pasture – application window for this interesting and innovative programme is now open
7 November 2019
The application window for the Prosper from Pasture Programme is now open, and will be open until 12pm, 9 December.
It is recognised that farm area is the first physical limiting factor on potential business output...
Do you want to ensure your business is ready for future changes?
4 November 2019
Farming Connect offers advice to support businesses to become more versatile and to be able to adapt to change.
Jeremy Moody, CAAV (Central Association of Agricultural Valuers) will be the main speaker at the event. Jeremy...
Episode 4 - John Yeomans - 03/11/2019
This episode comes from an area called Adfa near Newtown, the home of John Yeomans and his family at Llwyn y Brain Farm. John farms in partnership with his wife, Sarah, and the farm extends to 284 acres. They keep...
Calling on farmers and foresters in Wales to share their opinion and have their say regarding the Farming Connect programme
31 October 2019
The priority areas of Farming Connect include Climate Change, Biodiversity, Forestry, Red Meat, Dairy, Grassland, Arable, Horticulture...
Dock control results in grassland gains on Farming Connect Focus Farm
25 October 2019
Controlling docks could improve grass dry matter (DM)/hectare (ha) on Welsh grassland farms by over 10%.
Docks are one of the most economically damaging weeds in grassland, competing directly with grass and reducing yield, farmers...
Bavarian-born Beate Behr found happiness and success when she moved to Wales – Farming Connect’s Agrisgôp programme had a helping hand!
24 October 2019
They say good things come to those who wait! Winning the Sportsmanship Award at the recent International Sheepdog Trials in Aberdeenshire, when she represented the Welsh team, was a fantastic achievement for Bavarian-born Beate Behr who...