19 November 2024
A Powys-based business which belongs to a Farming Connect network of Christmas tree growers has an important assignment at 10 Downing Street next month.
Evergreen Christmas Trees, run by the Reynolds family at Black House Farm, Knighton...
18 November 2024
Telling a farmer what to do is not always easy, but, if your child or teen comes home from school with a free booklet on farm safety and asks what you’re doing to keep them safe at...
In this short episode we will again be visiting Lower House farm, Llandrindod. This time we hear from Dr Rhys Jones, Lecturer from the Department of Life Sciences at Aberystwyth University. Rhys is originally from North Wales, and was raised...
13 November 2024
New skills and training can help farmers and their employees address some of the challenges to their businesses from climate change.
As part of Wales Climate Week, which runs from 11-15 November, Farming Connect is urging...
08 November 2024
A new generation of Welsh growers is breathing new life into the idea of small-scale, low-impact market gardening.
Farmland on the outskirts of Lamphey, Pembrokeshire, has been in Kate Roberts’ family for four generations and it...
05 November 2024
Despite strong lamb prices, rising production costs threaten farm margins. Farming Connect is stepping up to help Welsh sheep farmers with a series of interactive events in November focussing on Ewe Body Condition Scoring (BCS) and its...
This episode has been recorded at one of Farming Connect’s 15 demonstration farm events held throughout September 2024. We're at Lower House Farm near Llandrindod Wells with Robert and Jessica Lyon. They farm 146 hectares and run a mixed enterprise...
