Farming Connect Information Booklet
Farming Connect provides farm and forestry businesses in Wales with support, advice, guidance and training on both a one-to-one and group basis.
Many services are fully funded, others are subsidised by up to 80% for eligible businesses.
FC - Issue 2
Below is the second 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...
FC - Issue 1
Below is the first issue of Farming Connect’s new technical publication for farmers and foresters in Wales.
Published bi-monthly, it will include easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters, along with the latest information and...
Sustainable options for producing home-grown organic poultry feed
Organic principles place a strong emphasis on maximising home-grown or local feed from the farm, but this can be difficult for poultry producers when creating rations for their stock.
Poultry rations are heavily dependent on imported ingredients, but fluctuations in global...
Agricultural Drone Course - General VLOS Certificate (GVC)
General VLOS Certificate (GVC)
Blended (Online and Face to Face)
CAA Certificated (https://www.caa.co.uk/)
Duration: Online + 1 Day
OR General VLOS Certificate (GVC) and A2 Certificate of Competency
OR General VLOS Certificate (GVC) and A2 Certificate of...
An Overview of the UK Energy Grid
The UK Energy Grid is a high-voltage powered transmission network that serves Great Britain. Owned by National Grid, this network serves to connect major power stations and 225,000 substations via 220,000km overhead lines and underground power cables.
Sustainable Farming - Health And Safety in Agriculture
This module will focus on health and safety in the agricultural industry. Within this module, you will be reminded of common health and safety risks in the agricultural industry, how to identify risks and put actions in place to stay...
Fedw Arian Uchaf
Fedw Arian Uchaf, Rhyd Uchaf, Y Bala, Gwynedd
Focus Site Project: Maximising output on an organic hill farm
Project objectives:
- Maximise dry matter output from productive areas of the hill farm through looking at grass and forage crop options, primarily...
Bracken; The Pluses and Minuses
This module takes you through bracken as a habitat; when it has high nature value and when it doesn’t; control methods; and some uses for bracken and bracken-covered land. At the end of the module you should have a better...