Farming Connect seeks new Demonstration Site farms throughout Wales
20 March 2019
Farming Connect is currently recruiting new Demonstration Sites throughout Wales. Expressions of interest from farmers and foresters are invited no later than Monday 15 April 2019.
Demonstration Sites are a key part of the Farming...
FC - Issue 19
Below is the 19th 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 our...
Breaking new ground… Pembrokeshire farmer who diversified into organic field scale root crops seeks new business partner!
8 January 2019
Pembrokeshire-born second-generation farmer Romeo Sarra decided many years ago that unlike his father, he had no intention of devoting his working life to dairying. He slowly began to reduce livestock numbers, gave up milking and...
Managing soil pH key to grassland production on Welsh organic dairy farm
29 June 2018
Exceptional soil pH values resulting from regular applications of lime is allowing a Pembrokeshire organic dairy farm to grow grass using only home-produced slurry and farmyard manure.
Soil acidity is an influential factor in forage...