News and Events

This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between September – November 2023

31 August 2023

Dairy farmers rate peer-to-peer learning as one of the most valuable routes to tackling lameness in their herds, an important new study in Wales involving more than 5,400 cows has found.

The research was undertaken as...

30 August 2023

Sheep farmers in Wales can learn about nutritional strategies for their flocks throughout the production year at a new Lantra Accredited workshop added to the Farming Connect animal health and welfare training programme.

Matching diet to...

24 August 2023

New genetics to help progress the advancement of wool shedding sheep in Wales have been introduced into three Welsh flocks.

The farmers, who all run flocks of EasyCare sheep, were brought together by the Farming Connect...

22 August 2023

Farmers and growers in Wales are being reminded of the many good reasons to upskill and take advantage of the abundance of training opportunities available to them.

Philippa Gough, of Lantra Wales, says training and development...

In the first in a series of episodes focusing on staff management, another new presenter to the podcast Rhian Price is joined by Paul Harris, founder of REAL Success, a people consultancy business. Rhian is an award-winning journalist and agricultural...

21 August 2023

With exciting opportunities ahead for Welsh farmers to diversify into horticulture, support in bringing those to life will be given by Farming Connect and Lantra Wales at the UK’s leading international horticulture trade show next month...

Below is the 2nd 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...