News and Events
Keeping children safe on farms is a priority for the Wales Farm Safety Partnership
30 January 2019
In May 2017, a nine year old boy was seriously injured at a Devon farm. Travelling as a passenger, he had toppled off an ATV being driven by a 13 year old. The younger boy...
Better bio-security key to reducing antibiotic use on Welsh poultry farms
29 January 2019
A poultry vet says strict on-farm biosecurity combined with vaccination will help Welsh egg and broiler producers continue their remarkable downward trend in antibiotic use.
Ian Jones, of the Hafren Veterinary Group in mid-Wales, says poultry...
Targeted antibiotic use in combination with improved herd management is allowing a Welsh dairy farm to reduce its level of treatments with antimicrobials.
28 January 2019
At drying off, Goldsland Farm at Wenvoe, Cardiff, uses antibiotics in less than 20% of the 200-cow Holstein and Dairy Shorthorn herd, opting instead for selective dry cow therapy (SDCT).
Abi Reader, a Farming Connect...
Farming Connect Agri Academy 2019 - the search is on for the next generation of rural leaders and entrepreneurs
22 January 2019
Have you got what it takes to be a rural leader, an innovator or entrepreneur? Are you determined and focused about working in the agriculture, forestry or food related industries and professions?
Farming Connect’s recruitment...
Nuffield Scholars to share research findings at Wales Farming Conference
18 January 2019
Three farmers who have travelled the globe researching topics ranging from soil health to conservation grazing will present their findings at the Wales Farming Conference in February.
Powys livestock farmer Richard Tudor will be joined...
Wales Farming Conference 2019…time to recharge and face the future head-on whatever the challenges!
18 January 2019
‘Time to recharge’, the key theme at the next Wales Farming Conference, will be reflected in an address from internationally renowned speaker Chris Moon MBE, a former British army officer who in 1995, lost both...
Milk producers cross the Atlantic to share success tips with Welsh farmers
18 January 2019
Two of America’s most progressive dairy farmers, who have pushed forward with strategies designed to get the best from people and cows, will give an insight into their business philosophy when they meet Welsh farmers...
Montgomeryshire Farmers Benefit from Farming Connect Study Visit
16 January 2019
The group, led by Cath Price, travelled to Belfast for a three-day agriculture visit using Farming Connect Study Visit funding. Already part of an Agrisgôp group, members wanted to explore farming practices in Northern Ireland...