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...

27/09/2022

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University

• The development of synthetic nitrogen (N) production allowed a boom in agricultural yields and population growth worldwide
• Whilst N is growth-limiting, it is regularly applied at levels where less than half is...

10 August 2022

Using min-till to establish a multi-species sward in permanent pasture has rejuvenated leys at a Montgomeryshire organic dairy farm, increasing perennial ryegrass in the sward by 30% and boosting white clover content, too.

The Lloyd family...

Below is the 40th 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...

Something a little bit different within this episode as we're guided by leader of the Agri Academy, Llyr Derwydd and members of the Business and Innovation programme as they visit Bilboa and the Basque region. It's a whistle-stop tour of...

8 July 2022

Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.

• Biodiversity contributes unseen benefits  and is essential for a sustainable future
• Traditional biodiversity evaluation is time consuming, costly and difficult to scale up
• Technologies could help to collate and...

This dashboard outlines livestock key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2021 - March 2022.

This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2021 - March 2022.

5 July 2022

When Pembrokeshire-born Thomas Phillips was a 14 year-old schoolboy trying to plan his future work prospects, he didn’t think his lifelong dream of working with livestock stood a chance because he is from a non-farming background. ...

Speaker: Richard Evans, Welsh Government

Small Grants – Yard Coverings and Nutrient Management Investment schemes supports farmers in Wales to improve on-farm nutrient management, by investing in existing on-farm infrastructure and equipment.

Join Farming Connect for further information on the...