02 June 2025
Young Welsh Farmers: Dig into Diversification and Cultivate New Opportunities in Horticulture!
This is a call to all enthusiastic young farmers in Wales eager to explore the potential of their land use beyond their existing farming enterprises...
13 May 2025
Third generation Radnor Valley farmer John Goodwin credits the Farming Connect Agri Academy Business & Innovation programme for giving him the inspiration, guidance and supportive networks he needed to achieve ambitious new goals for himself and the...
07 May 2025
A 1.5-acre pick-your-own (PYO) pumpkin venture has been a profitable diversification for a new entrant farming business, a Farming Connect trial has shown.
Laura Pollock and Matt Brooks farm 114-acre Lower House Farm beneath the Wentwood Hills...
The Miscanthus AI project (a research partnership between Aberystwyth, Lincoln and Southampton universities) aims to assess whether artificial intelligence can help in plant breeding. This ranges from simply automatically measuring crops in the field to mimicking the decisions of a...
What is Miscanthus AI?
Aberystwyth University, the University of Lincoln and the University of Southampton have linked up to work on a project together called Miscanthus AI. The aims of the project are to:
Use machine learning models...
03 April 2025
Catch up with the trials, tribulations and triumphs of the finalists in the second series of ‘Our Dream Farm’, Channel 4’s popular tv programme, who are currently on our screens at 7pm on Saturday evenings; the ‘dream...
A unique opportunity to visit the Rhug Estate and learn more about the major change in its large-scale sheep flock as a result of advice and support received through the Welsh Sheep Genetic Programme. We will hear first hand the...
17 March 2025
There are currently four fantastic share farming opportunities available in Wales through Farming Connect’s ‘Start to Farm’ programme. If you have the right skills and experience, your future career path and destiny could be about to change...
Below is the 8th 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...
Welcome to 'The Welsh Walnut Experiment,' where we explore the potential of growing nuts in Wales. In this episode, we meet Martyn Williams from Carmarthenshire who has ventured into the world of tree nut production. With the support of Farming...
