A Welsh dairy farm is companion cropping maize with sunflowers to reduce its purchased protein costs.
25 September 2024
Dyfrig and Elin Griffiths and their son, Llyr, produce milk from 500 pedigree Holsteins at Tafarn y Bugail, near Cardigan, growing most of the feed that goes into the Total Mixed Ration (TMR).
They grow 165 acres...
Sheep farmer Richard Wilding embracing lifelong learning for a more efficient and sustainable future
23 September 2024
Richard Wilding, an upland sheep farmer from Presteigne was the winner of the Farming Connect Learner of the Year Award in the 40-year-old and under category at the Lantra Cymru Awards which was held back in...
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...
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...