The Importance of Keeping Children Safe on Farms
Wales Farm Safety Partnership, alongside Lantra Cymru has created a new e-learning course. ‘Children on Farms’ will give you guidance on keeping children safe on your farm during the upcoming summer holidays.
This course, taking roughly 45 minutes to complete...
Episode 104 - What is healthy soil?
Listen back at this recording from our recent farm event at Pentrefelin, we discuss how to better understand and promote a healthy soil.
Huw Foulkes will be sharing his journey taking over the family farm that involves a regenerative approach...
Farming Connect Junior Academy “surpasses every expectation’’ for flower farmer
08 March 2024
From spawning new ideas for her own flower and floristry business to establishing a valuable network of contacts, young farmer Ellen Firth has given Farming Connect’s Junior Academy a five-star review, an experience which...
Farmers sign-up for carbon footprint support after Farming Connect masterclasses
07 March 2023
Farmers across Wales have been inspired to seek support to measure the carbon footprint of their businesses after a series of Farming Connect workshops.
The carbon masterclasses, led by Farming Connect’s Carbon Specialist Officer, Dr Non...
FC - Issue 4 - January - March 2024
Below is the 4th issue of the Farming Connect Technical Publication since the launch of the new programme in April 2023.
It includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters for farmers in Wales, allowing...
Top Tips for Ram Buyers
11 October 2023
Ram buying season is now in full swing. Rams are predominantly selected on appearance, with buyers prioritising physical soundness as well as breed type when selecting their rams, with the objective of these physical attributes passing...
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ruminant farming Part 2: Nutritional strategies for reducing nitrogen excretion and manure management options
Dr Saba Amir: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Nitrogen utilization efficiency in ruminants is low
- Precision feeding, forage quality, feed processing, shift in nitrogen excretion from urine to faeces and reducing the amount of fermentable organic matter have the best prospects for...
Pest Alert : Colorado Potato Beetle
We have been informed of a current Pest Alert : Colorado Potato Beetle that we want to make you all aware of.
An outbreak of Colorado Beetle has been confirmed in Kent. Colorado beetle is not endemic to the UK...
Venture: December 2021 - May 2021
This dashboard outlines key Venture activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2021 - May 2022