News and Events
Seaweed in agriculture
20 October 2022
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Seaweeds have long had suggested benefits for agricultural use
- Research suggests green seaweeds to be beneficial for soil/plant amendments and red seaweeds to have some potential for animal feeds...
Episode 70: Sustainable Farming Scheme- Delving deeper into the detail
This podcast will be an opportunity to understand a bit more about the Sustainable Farming Scheme proposals and how the scheme could operate in the context of a real sheep farm. We’ll be focusing on the Universal Actions for benchmarking...
FC - Issue 40 - July/August 2022
Below is the 40th issue of Farming Connect’s technical publication for farmers and foresters in Wales.
Published bi-monthly, it includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters, along with the latest information and research from...
Biodiversity and Technology
8 July 2022
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Biodiversity contributes unseen benefits and is essential for a sustainable future
- Traditional biodiversity evaluation is time consuming, costly and difficult to scale up
- Technologies could help to collate and...
Livestock: December 2021 – March 2022
This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2021 - March 2022.
Understanding Welsh farmers’ mental health concerns as farming policy changes
1 July 2022
Farming in Wales is Changing. Shifts in government policies, the impacts of COVID-19 and a changing climate mean many farms will have to adapt their farming systems. Health can have a big impact on the capacity...
Sustainability and performance-enhancing ideas on show at upcoming event for farmers
8 June 2022
Innovations that help farm businesses increase production whilst reducing agriculture’s negative impact on the environment will be showcased at a Farming Connect event at the Royal Welsh Showground in June.
New developments and fresh ways of...
FC - Issue 39 - May/June 2022
Below is the 39th issue of Farming Connect’s technical publication for farmers and foresters in Wales.
Published bi-monthly, it includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters, along with the latest information and research from...