European law sets out minimum requirements that must be met for laying hens in order to market eggs as free range. The rules are strict and are enforceable by Egg Marketing Inspectors if egg producers keep 350 or more birds...
Arable fields left bare over the winter can pollute watercourses but planting cover crops and ensuring drains and ditches are fully functioning can help farmers protect their soils and avoid possible prosecution.
During a Farming Connect event at Church Farm...
There were great gales of laughter and shudders of horror in equal measures from the women from across Wales who attended Farming Connect’s recent Women in Agriculture forums held in Portmeirion and in Cardigan Castle.
Chaired by tv presenter...
Hannah Wright is Farming Connect’s recently appointed development officer for the South Wales region, which includes Gower and a large area in the former county of Glamorgan.
Hannah grew up on her family’s small beef and sheep holding in...
There were great gales of laughter and shudders of horror in equal measures from the women from across Wales who attended Farming Connect’s recent Women in Agriculture forum held in Portmeirion and in Cardigan Castle.
Chaired by tv presenter and...
CARRYING out health checks around six to eight weeks before mating will help ensure that rams and ewes enter the tupping period in peak condition. Production will drop if ram performance and ewe fertility fail to reach their full potential...
Exciting times lie ahead for eight North Wales sheep producers who are collaborating with multi-million pound food processing company, Roberts of Port Dinorwic, in a bid to take their top quality PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) Welsh lamb to the UK...
An organic beef farm is capturing an additional 0.4kg/head of daily liveweight gain from yearling cattle at grass since establishing a rotational grazing system.
The cattle at Penrhiw Farm, near Llandysul, Ceredigion, were traditionally set stocked, but Phil Cowcher and...
Rhys was employed as an agricultural contractor after periods of working on farms but his ambition was to get a foothold on the farming ladder.
With assistance from Farming Connect’s ‘Venture’ initiative, he has achieved that goal, farming in...
