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9 October 2020

With the combined uncertainty of Brexit and impacts of COVID-19, the need to encourage and release the dynamism of rural areas is now greater than ever.

Farming Connect is now seeking to nurture innovative ideas at...

8 October 2020

A dairy-to-beef calf rearing and finishing enterprise is utilising grass more efficiently and maintaining sward quality since establishing a rotational system of grazing.

Neil Davies and his family had been running a suckler beef herd at...

8 October 2020

Today on Clean Air Day a Farming Connect study has found that consumers can help egg producers reduce ammonia levels by switching their buying choices from extra-large brown eggs to white, slightly smaller eggs.

Farmer Llyr...

8 October 2020

Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• The poultry industry has seen huge growth and advancement in the past few decades, with the UK currently producing 1.7 million tonnes of chicken meat and 11.4 million eggs.
• Whilst...

7 October 2020

An upland farmer who is producing a type of charcoal which locks up carbon in soil says agriculture in Wales could do more to convert farm and forestry waste materials into this resource.

Tony Davies removes...

Farming Connect and a panel of experienced speakers discuss the Welsh Government programme for the National Forest.

Welsh Government representatives, Erika Dawson-Davies, Head of National Forest Programme and James Biott, Head of National Forest Policy provide an overview of the programme...

6 October 2020

Two brothers are aiming to build on the success they have achieved in their large-scale dairy farming business by providing an opportunity for a share farmer.

Alun and Paul Price run a herd of 800 Holstein...

6 October 2020

Dr David Cutress, Aberystwyth University.

• Internet access is not universal across the entirety of the UK with there being clear evidence of an urban/rural divide
• Agriculture, along with all other sectors are advancing into a...