Hendre Llwyn y Maen is a hill farm of approximately 400 acres with additional in buy land rising up to 1100ft above sea level . Robin Crossley, the owner, is a keen environmentalist and values the woodlands as an important...

Wanted! Keen, capable and competent farmer, committed to sustainable farming, for a share-farming opportunity in West Wales

Do you want to venture into running a farm business? A business where your skills, knowledge and efforts will be recognised and rewarded...

27 October 2022

Do you want to venture into running a farm business? A business where your skills, knowledge and efforts will be recognised and rewarded? Would you like the opportunity to be a share partner helping develop that...

25 October 2022

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Below is the 41st 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...

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...

27th of September 2022

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Silicate and carbonate reactions could offer a route for long-term carbon storage
• Whilst issues surround carbonate minerals, silicates, like basalt rock, appear more promising
• Applying crushed silicates to agricultural...

1 September 2022

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Mycorrhiza can be added to systems physically via inoculation or encouraged from surrounding environments
• Inoculation strategies should be considered carefully given the ecosystem and climate in which they will...