News and Events
Expert advice on hand for pig keepers in Wales – come and see what’s on offer at the Spring Festival.
11 May 2018
Farming Connect are urging those thinking of going into pig farming, established pig farmers and hobby pig keepers to visit at this year’s Royal Welsh Spring Festival, which will take place at the Llanelwedd showground...
Farming Connect support for clean water on Anglesey
11 May 2018
Farming Connect’s campaign to support Welsh farmers with improving water quality has reached Anglesey; two events have been held to outline the support available from Farming Connect and to highlight how farmers can reduce agricultural pollution...
Digital soil sampling aids field and nutrient management on Welsh farm
10 May 2018
Soil nutrient mapping is allowing a Pembrokeshire arable and livestock farm to adjust its fertiliser application rate within a single field – targeting higher inputs on areas with a poor nutrient status and reducing inputs on...
Farming Connect tackling water pollution near Pendine
4 May 2018
The first out of a series of meetings aimed at tackling water pollution has been held by Farming Connect near Pendine on the Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire border.
Twenty-eight waterbodies in Wales have been identified as not...
Farming Connect tackling water pollution in the Gele
4 May 2018
The second, out of a series of meetings aimed at tackling water pollution has been held by Farming Connect in St Asaph, for farmers farming near the river Gele.
Twenty-eight waterbodies in Wales have been identified...
Good ewe and lamb management at weaning - don't stumble at this hurdle!
4 May 2018
Following this winter’s trials and tribulations (I won’t mention the spring we haven’t had!), good management at weaning will be critical. As a result of persistently wet weather and cases of extreme weather, 2017/18 has been...
Farming Connect campaign to reduce agricultural pollution
1 May 2018
Farming Connect is coordinating an industry-led initiative to tackle pollution from agriculture head-on in Wales.
The Wales Land Management Forum’s sub-group on agricultural pollution – a body incorporating Natural Resources Wales, Welsh Government, Farming Unions and...