18 June 2020

Dr Cate Williams: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Homegrown crops present a financial and environmental advantage over bought-in concentrates and silage.
• There are many different options depending on farm location, land and soil type, type of enterprise...

11 June 2020

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Agricultural infrastructure is vital for the functionality of the sector but also acts as a source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
• Whilst mitigation strategies are available or in development...

10 June 2020

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Agricultural infrastructure has multiple areas where direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions can occur
• On-farm infrastructure as well as national/global level infrastructure both act as areas of potential GHG...

Farming Connect is responding to the current restrictions of Covid-19 by providing as many
services as it can either online or over the phone until normal face to face activities can resume. 

The following guidance on using Zoom webinars, Skype...

20 May 2020

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Soils are the most important biological systems across all farming practices
• The ability to map soil components accurately, including; nutrients, water content and structures can assist in improving farm...

14 May 2020

Home-grown spring barley could help a Welsh suckler enterprise cut its bull beef finishing costs. 

The Griffith family planted 27 acres of the crop in two fields at Bodwi, a Farming Connect demonstration site at Mynytho...

This dashboard outlines land key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2019 – March 2020.

This flyer will provide you further information on the services we have to support you during this
uncertain time, from one-to-one surgeries to informative podcasts – we have it covered. 

5 May 2020

Farming Connect is providing a series of short, informative twice-weekly online webinars – online group seminars or meetings - on a wide range of topical agricultural subjects as part of its ‘digital delivery’ provision, arranged in...

01 May 2020

Potato planting is well under way in Pembrokeshire where 32 farmer growers are planting over 1100ha of 31 different varieties for Puffin Produce destined to supply supermarkets all over Wales for the coming year. Sold as supermarket own...