Denbighshire Farm Undertakes Ambitious Woodland Restoration and Planting Scheme
31 July 2024
A farm-based tree management and planting scheme in Denbighshire is demonstrating how landlords and tenants with shared environmental aspirations can work together for mutual gain.
Tudor and Julia Hughes farm sheep on two holdings at Llangwyfan, near...
Welsh woodland demonstrates how trees can be a viable option for farmers
30 November 2023
Trees shape the appearance of the Welsh countryside, but their role extends far beyond the visual.
From mitigating the effects of drought and reducing soil erosion to capturing carbon and providing shelter for livestock, woodland can...
Episode 88 - Woodland management and adding value to timber at Fron Haul, Abergele
Our Forestry & Farm Woodland Specialist, Geraint Jones is joined by David Brown and Ruth Pybus prior to welcoming other farmers to their event at Fron Haul on the 17th of November. Fron Haul is a mixed farm that has integrated...
Zoom Around The World - Continuous Cover Forestry linking Wales with Europe - 17/03/2023
Forester and Farming Connect Mentor, Phil Morgan, shares his work at Coed Fron Drain near Mold, a sustainably managed forest which was discussed whilst representing Wales at the 2022 International Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF) conference in France.
CCF is an...
Tree health and health and safety take precedence at events held across Wales
23 February 2023
Events will be held across Wales to update farmers and foresters on tree health and the practical and health and safety implications when tackling diseased or damaged trees on farm.
Gethin Hughes from MWMAC will discuss...
FCTV - Biodiversity - 08/12/2022
In this episode we will focus on biodiversity. We will visit Mount Joy Farm, Pembrokeshire, where farmer Will Hannah has undertaken a biodiversity audit to see how his farming system expands the diversity he has there. We will also visit...
Improved woodland management helps North Wales farming couple meet their goals of energy self-sufficiency and increased biodiversity
24 November 2022
North Wales sheep farmer Huw Beech and his wife Bethan are turning an undermanaged farm woodland into a sustainable energy-producing enterprise – a project they say they would never have envisaged were it not for Farming...
Episode 72-Tree planting working for a 500 cow dairy unit at Hendre Llwyn y Maen
Hendre Llwyn y Maen is a hill farm of approximately 400 acres with additional in buy land rising up to 1100ft above sea level . Robin Crossley, the owner, is a keen environmentalist and values the woodlands as an important...