Funded Farming Connect services lightens financial burden for family farm
09 September 2024
Investing in skills training and business advice can be expensive for a family farm, but securing subsided and fully-funded Farming Connect courses and services has lightened the financial burden for a third-generation Radnorshire poultry...
Joint venture solves retirement dilemma at Powys upland farm
04 September 2024
A contract farming agreement facilitated by Farming Connect’s Start to Farm initiative has allowed the owners of a Powys farm to take a step back from the business, and a new entrant the opportunity to build...
Farmer gets best from crops with Farming Connect-supported agronomy course
29 August 2024
Populations of weeds, pests and diseases can seriously impact arable yields but one Pembrokeshire grower is better armed to combat these since embarking on a course in agronomy, integrated crop protection and crop nutrition.
Eurig Jones...
Free e-learning modules build knowledge and skills on family farm
27 August 2024
Biodiversity is at the heart of Peter and Cathryn Richards’ approach to farming, enriching the environment for insects and farmland birds with an abundance of wildflowers and grass species on their land.
The brother and sister...
Episode 107 - Lameness in Dairy Cattle: Episode 2
Sara Pedersen visits Maenhir Farm, Whitland where father and son Richard and Iwan Twose host a Agrisgôp Group meeting. We join Sara and the Pembrokeshire based group farms to hear on how they draw on other group members and share...
Feeding transition milk to newborn calves in their first 10 days and enriching it according to their immunoglobulin G (IgG) status has helped a Pembrokeshire dairy farm slash mortality rates pre-weaning by almost two-thirds.
20 August 2024
Will and Alex Prichard calve 500 cows in a spring block at Escalwen, near Letterston, and also run two 200-cow autumn calving herds.
That high throughput of calves can present disease challenges - in the three years...
Farming Connect advice workshop a first step in farm’s flock transition
13 August 2024
Farming Connect’s Welsh Sheep Genetics Project (WSGP) is helping to facilitate major change in a large-scale sheep flock.
The Rhug Estate near Corwen had been running a flying flock of 3,750 North of England-type...
Welsh Couple Cultivate a Haven for Wildlife
12 August 2024
Yellow clusters of Kidney Vetch and the tiny daisy-like flowers of the Chamomile jostle for position among the summer’s colourful arrivals at a specialist nursery dedicated to aiding nature recovery in the Welsh countryside.
Barry and Sandra...