News and Events

The Farming Connect Welsh Sheep Genetics Programme (WSGP) offers sheep farmers in Wales technical and financial support to enhance their flock’s performance, increasing flock profitability using improving genetics.

This article shows the impact that selective breeding makes at High Country...

04 June 2025

Farming Connect is now offering a new, fully funded, Lantra-accredited animal health and welfare training workshop called ‘The Thin Ewe – Investigation and Management’. This valuable training, focusing on key animal health and welfare issues, will be...

03 June 2025

Want to build a more sustainable and profitable dairy business? Farming Connect are inviting farmers to a series of on-farm events – ‘Powering Your Future with technology and renewable energy – What is the Real Return on...

02 June 2025

Young Welsh Farmers: Dig into Diversification and Cultivate New Opportunities in Horticulture!

This is a call to all enthusiastic young farmers in Wales eager to explore the potential of their land use beyond their existing farming enterprises...

27 May 2025

A family farm’s transition from intensive sheep production to a grass-based outdoor lambing flock and its mission to create a sustainable and successful system have progressed further thanks to a Farming Connect initiative.

Tom and Danielle Hill...

22 May 2025

A new co-operative formed between West Wales pig farmers and a meat supplier is allowing pork from herds born and reared within the region to be transported for processing just a short distance in a low-throughput abattoir...

North Wales vet Joe Angell is a livestock vet that has a proactive approach to improving the health and performance of our livestock here in Wales. This is an opportunity to hear about the concept of TST and why It's...