Horticulture

22 September 2020

FC - Issue 29 - September/October 2020

Below is the 29th 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...

Type: Publications Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Horticulture, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Grassland Management, Joint Ventures

2 September 2020

Farming Connect’s skills application window opens and all face-to-face training resumes

2 September 2020 Farming Connect’s face-to-face training is underway again. Due to the restrictions of Covid-19, although it’s not quite ‘training as usual’ as yet for Farming Connect, face-to-face training courses are now available both indoors and externally provided all...

Type: News Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Horticulture, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock

27 August 2020

WEBINAR: Adding growing enterprises to generate an extra income on a hill livestock farm - 27/08/2020

The demand for locally grown produce has increased over the last few months during the COVID-19 crisis and landowners are well place to take advantage of this trend by generating extra diversification income. Join us for a webinar exploring how...

Type: Webinars Key Sector: Horticulture

Theme: Land Key Specialism: Diversification

27 August 2020

Biochar for climate change: Is it a viable strategy?

27 August 2020 Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University. Biochar acts as a way to make use of grown biomass sources (such as bioenergy crops) as well as waste biomass sources (including crop and animal residues) Biochar preserves more carbon...

Type: Technical Articles Key Sector: Arable, Forestry, Horticulture

Theme: Land Key Specialism: Grassland Management

20 August 2020

What’s On? - 20/08/2020

Making sure you stay connected during these unprecedented times.

Type: Publications Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Horticulture, Organic, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Business Management and Planning, Grassland Management

18 August 2020

Farming Connect’s face-to-face outdoor training underway again

18 August 2020 Due to the restrictions of Covid 19, although it’s not ‘training as usual’ as yet for Farming Connect, face-to-face training courses held exclusively outdoors can now resume immediately. This means that provided the Welsh Government’s current Covid...

Type: News Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Horticulture, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Business Management and Planning, Grassland Management, Health and Safety, Nutrient Management Planning, Woodland Management

7 August 2020

Ear to the Ground Podcast - 07/08/2020

The Farming Connect Ear to the Ground podcast has now recorded a year's worth of content, attracting 10,000 downloads during the period. Remember that you can listen to any of these at your convenience.

Type: Videos Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Horticulture, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Business Management and Planning, Diversification, Grassland Management, Innovation, Rotational Grazing

20 July 2020

Crops and horticulture projects on the demonstration network - 20/07/2020

Type: Publications Key Sector: Arable, Horticulture, Organic

Theme: Land Key Specialism: Nutrient Management Planning

14 July 2020

Venture: December 2019 – May 2020

This dashboard outlines Venture key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2019 - May 2020.

Type: Dashboards Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Horticulture, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business Key Specialism: Joint Ventures

13 July 2020

Royal Welsh Show 2020 timetable - join us online!

Type: Publications Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Horticulture, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Grassland Management, Woodland Management