Farming’s fungi focus: Considering belowground to benefit aboveground
22 August 2022
Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University.
- Symbiotic fungi mycorrhiza have important interactions with many plant species
- Mycorrhiza, in optimal conditions, can improve plant growth with fewer inputs, improve soils and protect from weeds, insects, contamination...
Changing crops in a changing climate: The impact of rising CO2 levels on the nutritional quality of crops
2 August 2022
Louis Gray, University of the West of England & Dr William Stiles, Aberystwyth University.
Take home messages:
- Increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere are expected to change the nutritional composition of plants, and...
FC - Issue 40 - July/August 2022
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...
WEBINAR: Grant information webinar: Organic Conversion Scheme - 12/07/2022
Speaker: Richard Evans, Welsh Government
The Organic Conversion Scheme is an area-based support scheme, which is available to existing agriculture producers across Wales who wish to convert from conventional to organic production.
Join Farming Connect for further information on the...
Biodiversity and Technology
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...
Land: December 2021 – March 2022
This dashboard outlines land key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between December 2021 - March 2022.
Understanding Welsh farmers’ mental health concerns as farming policy changes
1 July 2022
Farming in Wales is Changing. Shifts in government policies, the impacts of COVID-19 and a changing climate mean many farms will have to adapt their farming systems. Health can have a big impact on the capacity...
WEBINAR: Grant information webinar: Growing for the Environment - 21/06/2022
Speaker: Richard Evans, Welsh Government
Growing for the Environment is a new grant scheme available to farmers in Wales. It aims to support the growing and utilisation of crops, which can result in improvements in the environmental performance of a...
Off to pastures new…14 focused, ambitious farmers selected for Farming Connect Management Exchange 2022
21 June 2022
From carbon sequestration to growing heritage wheat varieties and from investigating the potential of a Welsh tea plantation to animal health – these are just a few of the diverse topics to be researched by the...