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Public Health Wales is reminding pregnant women to avoid close contact with animals that are giving birth.

Pregnant women who come into close contact with sheep during lambing or other farm animals that are giving birth may risk their own...

On Thursday 28 January, the Deputy Minister for Farming and Food, Rebecca Evans attended the National Plant Phenomics Centre at Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) in Gogerddan to officially launch the European Innovation Partnership for...

As ewes approach lambing, their nutritional demands should be met by tailored rations based on analysed forages.

To ensure rations are targeted specifically for ewes in late pregnancy, farmers are being encouraged to have their forages analysed, especially baled...

Farmers looking to improve the performance of their flock are being urged to harness the technology available through Electronic Identification (EID).

Many farmers have now invested in EID technology in order to comply with legislative requirements, but are unsure...

Embracing innovation can help Welsh farming and forestry stay ahead of competitors and operate profitably. The new look Farming Connect Programme will focus on innovations and new technologies for farmers and foresters, making it easier to keep up to speed

The Deputy Minister for Farming and Food, Rebecca Evans will officially launch Farming Connect’s prestigious personal development programme, the Agri Academy, when she attends the Farmers’ Union of Wales annual farmhouse breakfast at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay on 26

Finding a way into farming can be a daunting prospect if you or your partner doesn’t have a farming family background, or if the family business isn’t of sufficient scale to support a new incomer.  That all-important opportunity to earn

Could this be your chance to share valuable life lessons and experience with others and ‘give back’ to the Welsh agri-industry?

Farming Connect has begun its search for farmers, foresters and/or food producers with at least 15 years’ experience of

Farmers and foresters registered with the new Farming Connect programme can now apply online for up to 80% funding for short, accredited training courses available through ‘Invest in Skills & Mentoring’, Farming Connect’s new and enhanced lifelong learning and development