23 May 2024
Farmers will be under more pressure than ever during cultivation and harvesting this season, after challenging weather delayed operations, but the Wales Farm Safety Partnership (WFSP) warns that health and safety must not be compromised.
From...
Dr Natalie Meades: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
April 2024
Manure and slurry can be regarded as both a valuable resource and a waste product.
The valorisation of manure and slurry and its use within circular economies offers an opportunity to reduce...
13 May 2024
The Smallholding and Countryside Festival at the Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, is back on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th May 2024, where Farming Connect will be present to provide you with support and advice. Whether you...
08 May 2024
A Carmarthenshire couple are experimenting with growing nuts on their land.
Martyn Williams and Alison Harwood have planted walnut and sweet chestnut trees on a one-hectare south facing slope overlooking the River Towy.
They have chosen varieties...
Below is the 5th 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...
30 April 2024
Farming Connect has launched a new set of online modules based around practices that maintain the productivity and health of farmland and livestock in a sustainable way, to help Welsh farmers as they make the transition...
29 April 2024
An eagerness to learn new skills and knowledge is helping mother and son Dianna and Iestyn Spary to continually improve their livestock farming enterprise and build a financially sustainable business fit for the future.
Technical expertise and...
Dr Natalie Meades: IBERS, KEHub, Aberystwyth University.
April 2024
Phytoremediation is a green technology that involves the use of plants to remove toxic components or contaminants from either the air, within soil or from aqueous solutions.
Phytoremediation offers the potential...
25 April 2024
A Pembrokeshire spring-calving dairy farm is introducing a new feeding system for newborn calves in what is to be thought the first trial of its kind in a large-scale herd.
Will and Alex Prichard are feeding...
23 April 2024
Five years on from a quad bike accident that fractured Beca Glyn’s skull, wearing a safety helmet is programmed into her subconscious, and is as familiar to her as wearing a car seatbelt.
On...
