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6 April 2022

Internal parasite control and goats: Implications for a growing industry

6 April 2022 Dr David Cutress: IBERS, Aberystwyth University & Kate Hovers (MRCVS) The goat industry appears to be growing both in the UK and globally Optimising production and welfare relating to differing goat biology compared to other ruminants requires...

Type: Technical Articles Key Sector: Alternative Livestock, Beef, Dairy, Goats, Other, Sheep

Theme: Business, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Grassland Management

19 July 2021

UK wide study visits resume for farmers in Wales since the beginning of the pandemic

19 July 2021 As COVID-19 restrictions came into force early last year, Farming Connect’s Study Visits, like many other activities across the country, came to a stop. This July, the application process resumes. Since 2015, Farming Connect has given farmers...

Type: News Key Sector: Arable, Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Horticulture, Organic, Other, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock

29 October 2020

EIP WALES – bringing practical and scientific backgrounds together to benefit the wider industry

29 October 2020 Since it was first launched in 2016, EIP (European Innovation Partnership) Wales has enabled more than 200 individuals working at the grass roots level of the agricultural industry to benefit from the latest technologies and scientific outcomes...

Type: News Key Sector: Arable, Dairy, Horticulture, Other, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land

9 October 2020

Innovation Project: Snails in Bales - 09/10/2020

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Type: Videos Key Sector: Other

Theme: Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Grassland Management

9 October 2020

Snails in Bales: The likelihood of Galba truncatula being picked up and surviving baling of round bales for silage - 09/10/2020

Type: Reports Key Sector: Other

Theme: Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Grassland Management

14 June 2019

Earthworms and soil health 14/06/19

Type: Factsheets Key Sector: Organic, Other

Theme: Land

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12 May 2019

Calling all pig keepers, beekeepers and other niche smallholders – visit Farming Connect at this year’s RWAS Countryside & Smallholder Festival

13 May 2019 If you are a pig keeper, beekeeper, horticulturalist or run any other niche smallholding enterprise, you should visit Farming Connect at this year’s RWAS Countryside & Smallholder Festival (Llanelwedd, May 18&19). Whether you are well established or...

Type: News Key Sector: Other, Pigs

Theme: Livestock

1 May 2019

Living off 10 acres - making a successful living from a small parcel of land

2 May 2019 Farming Connect is holding a series of workshops under the title "Living off 10 acres" aimed at providing information and inspiration for those who are interested in making a successful living off a small parcel of land...

Type: News Key Sector: Horticulture, Other, Viticulture

Theme: Land Key Specialism: Business Planning

1 October 2018

Putting snails on the menu! North Wales farmer hopes his latest entrepreneurial idea could prove a winner

2 October 2018 Apart from a very occasional heatwave such as the one this summer, Welsh weather can usually be counted upon to provide the perfect damp, rainy conditions loved by snails. That’s a fact most gardeners know to their...

Type: Case Studies Key Sector: Other

Theme: Business

12 September 2018

Alternative Protein Invertebrates

Type: Videos Key Sector: Other

Theme: Livestock