14 August 2023
Nutrient management planning part-funded by Farming Connect is allowing a Welsh livestock farm to maintain grass and arable yields and reduce reliance on synthetic fertiliser.
Harri Parri and his family farm 293 hectares across three holdings near...
09 August 2023
From September 2023 onwards, all Farming Connect learners will be required to complete fully funded mandatory e-learning courses ahead of applying for more than half of the programme’s subsidised accredited training courses.
With almost 80 accredited...
Cennydd Jones, a lecturer at Aberystwyth University and a part-time farmer will be joined by Dr Iwan Owen. Iwan is a well-known name to many former Aberystwyth University Agriculture students, where he was a grassland management lecturer for forty years...
03 August 2023
Coppicing smaller diameter younger trees to produce a woodchip mulch rich in minerals and enzymes is providing a sustainable source of fertility and organic matter for young fruit trees at a Welsh nursery.
Tom Adams grows...
This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between August – October 2023
31 July 2023
A new network, Farming Connect Our Farms, is taking a lead on helping Welsh agriculture transition to a net zero future with the farms involved trialling novel innovations and technologies in their own systems.
Farming Connect officially...
We have been informed of a current Pest Alert : Colorado Potato Beetle that we want to make you all aware of.
An outbreak of Colorado Beetle has been confirmed in Kent. Colorado beetle is not endemic to the UK...
19 July 2023
A Farming Connect study of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by red meat enterprises has shown that Welsh farms are below the benchmark for similar farms across the UK.
185 Welsh farms had a detailed carbon...
