11 December 2024
Marginal gains achieved from multiple factors, ranging from increasing scanning and rearing percentages to finishing lambs earlier, will combine to both reduce emissions and increase profitability in Welsh sheep flocks.
Many of the key performance indicators (KPIs)...
This deep-rooted nitrogen-fixing plant has leaves with an average crude protein content of 24% and a metabolisable energy value of 12, providing high quality grazing for lambs at Newton Farm, Brecon, because sheep mostly graze the leaves, not the lower...
2 December 2024
A Welsh family farm has been encouraged to introduce new practices, from artificially inseminating beef cattle to growing new crops, incentivised by Farming Connect-funded training and discussion groups.
Iwan and Rhian Evans and their son, Dyfan, produce...
29 November 2024
Welsh sheep farmers are being urged to work closely with their vets to test for infectious diseases and to invest in post-mortems on animals that die from no obvious cause.
Maedi visna (MV), Border disease and other...
28 November 2024
It has been a remarkable trajectory for farmer Cheryl Reeves in the six years since she utilised Farming Connect’s Agrisgôp programme to first explore the seed of her farm business diversification idea.
That business, the community interest...
Below is the 7th issue of the Farming Connect Technical Publication since the launch of the new programme in April 2023.
It includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters for farmers in Wales, allowing...
25 November 2024
Members of the 2024 Farming Connect Agri Academy cohort have been praised for their technical expertise and vision with a set of ideas for real life business challenges and the winner was presented with an award at...
21 November 2024
Trialling different pumpkin-growing techniques in the first season of a pick-your-own (PYO) farm diversification has helped a new entrant farming business manage risk in that all important foundation year, and informed decision making for the 2025 season...
