Benchmarking

26 May 2020

Farming Connect is determined to reach out to women in farming - the driving force behind many successful rural businesses in Wales

26 May 2020 The number of females registered with Farming Connect is less than half the number of males registered. It’s a ratio that Eirwen Williams, director of rural programmes with Menter a Busnes, is determined to address. “With so...

Type: News Theme: Business, Land, Livestock

Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Benchmarking, Business Management and Planning, Diversification, Innovation, Personal Development, Succession

2 April 2020

Overview and prioritisation of main themes from the Farming Connect baseline survey (2019).

Type: Reports Key Sector: Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Sheep

Theme: Business, Land, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Benchmarking, Business Management, Business Planning, Grass Measurement, Grassland Management, Nutrient Management Planning, Succession, Woodland Management

11 February 2020

Red Meat Dashboard: September – December 2019

This dashboard outlines red meat key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between September 2019 - December 2019.

Type: Dashboards Key Sector: Beef, Sheep

Theme: Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Benchmarking, Joint Ventures

16 September 2019

Farming Connect benchmarking support to farming businesses

17 September 2019 Farming Connect offers an extensive array of support for farming businesses to benchmark their physical and financial performance. Benchmarking will enable you to gain a better understanding of how your business is performing and to help create...

Type: News Theme: Business, Livestock

Key Specialism: Benchmarking

2 May 2019

Benefits of benchmarking - Dudwell Focus Site - 02/05/19

'Benchmarking get's quite addictive once you start' - that's the opinion of our arable Focus Site Farmer, Tom Rees. Despite being a relatively small grower, he's managed to compete against the larger enterprises by focusing on his cost of production...

Type: Videos Theme: Land

Key Specialism: Benchmarking

1 April 2019 - 31 July 2019

Develop your Business: April 2019 - July 2019

Type: Dashboards Key Sector: Beef, Dairy, Forestry, Horticulture, Organic, Sheep

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

21 November 2018

Red Meat Benchmarking Programme Deadline Approaching

21 November 2018 The Red Meat Benchmarking Programme deadline is fast approaching and we encourage you to complete the online questionnaire as soon as possible, or you could miss out on £1,000. This is the message from Eirwen Williams, director...

Type: News Key Sector: Beef, Sheep

Theme: Livestock Key Specialism: Benchmarking

30 September 2018

Financial recording, VAT and benchmarking made easy! Farming Connect skills support for an ambitious young farmer from Powys

1 October 2018 Gwion Jones is 22, he’s ambitious, hard-working and his long held dream of managing his own farm came true this autumn, when he took over the tenancy of a 200 acre sheep holding close to his family’s...

Type: Case Studies Theme: Business, Livestock

Key Specialism: Benchmarking

1 August 2018

Farming Connect baseline survey results - 2018

Type: Reports Key Sector: Beef, Dairy, Sheep

Theme: Business, Livestock Key Specialism: Benchmarking

14 December 2017

Benchmarking with...Steven Sandison

Steven Sandison from Orkney in Scotland has recently completed a Nuffield Scholarship on how to achieve industry benchmark figures that sometimes seem impossible.

Type: Videos Key Sector: Beef

Theme: Business, Livestock Key Specialism: Animal Health and Welfare, Benchmarking