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'Working in Wales' Conference - Prys Morgan, Llyr Lewis and Euryn Jones. (1)

‘Working in Wales’ – land-based workers in the spotlight at Farming Connect conference

15 November 2023 ‘Facilitate and promote the importance of continuing professional development (CPD) now in order to modernise and professionalise our land-based industries and prepare them for the economic and environmental demands of the future!’ This was the unanimous topline...
Type: News Key Sector: Alternative Livestock, Beef, Dairy, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep
Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Innovation
The 4 successful applicants from the first Try Out Fund Window

New funding window to open for on-farm trials in Wales

05 October 2023 With Farming Connect-funded trials ranging from growing grass with rock dust to establishing farm-scale tea bushes on hill land already underway in Wales, farmers are being invited to apply for the next round of funding from the...
Type: News Key Sector: Alternative Livestock, Arable, Beef, Bees/Honey, Dairy, Diversification, Forestry, Goats, Horticulture, Organic, Other, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep, Succession, Viticulture
Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Innovation, Personal Development
Rachel Hughes

Mentor: Rachel Hughes - 24/10/2022

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Type: Videos Key Sector: Alternative Livestock, Arable, Beef, Bees/Honey, Dairy, Diversification, Forestry, Goats, Horticulture, Organic, Other, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep, Viticulture
Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Business Management and Planning, Diversification, Health and Safety
Diversification

Farm Business Diversification – A Research Perspective

19 May 2022 Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University. Agricultural diversification is a complex situation to assess with different effects regionally and globally Diversification can play significant roles in the financial stability of farm businesses with larger farms able to...
Type: Technical Articles Key Sector: Alternative Livestock, Arable, Beef, Dairy, Horticulture, Organic, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep
Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Diversification, Innovation
Kim Brickell

Folly Farm manager Kim Brickell always turns to Farming Connect when she wants to learn a new skill!

16 May 2022 “Farming is a fast-moving, progressive industry so there is always new science we need to be aware of and innovative, more efficient ways of doing things,” says Kim Brickell, a farm manager at one of Wales’ most...
Type: Case Studies Key Sector: Alternative Livestock, Beef, Dairy, Goats, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep
Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Diversification, Grassland Management, Health and Safety, Innovation, Rotational Grazing
Folly Farm

Folly Farm manager, Kim Brickell - 16/05/2022

Folly Farm manager Kim Brickell always turns to Farming Connect when she wants to learn a new skill!
Type: Videos Key Sector: Alternative Livestock, Beef, Dairy, Goats, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep
Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Diversification, Grassland Management, Innovation
goat

Internal parasite control and goats: Implications for a growing industry

6 April 2022 Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University & Kate Hovers (MRCVS) The goat industry appears to be growing both in the UK and globally Optimising production and welfare relating to differing goat biology compared to other ruminants requires...
Type: Technical Articles Key Sector: Alternative Livestock, Beef, Dairy, Goats, Other, Sheep
Theme: Business, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Grassland Management