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Protect & Enhance The Farm Ecosystem April – June 2024
This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between April – June 2024
Plant nursery credits Farming Connect for its impressive business growth
20 March 2024
The owner of a Carmarthenshire plant nursery says utilising Farming Connect services has helped to double the size of his business and increase its workforce to 20 permanent staff.
Richard Bramley established Farmyard Nurseries at Dol...
Measuring helps Welsh sheep farm manage summer grass shortages
Measuring and calculating grass availability is helping a Welsh sheep farm to prevent forage shortfalls by flagging up impending deficits 10 days earlier than through visual assessment alone.
At Hill Farm, near Hay-on-Wye, Sam and Will Sawday and their mother...
Grass management allows livestock farm to up grass production to 13t/ha DM
A Welsh beef and sheep farmer is able to carry a similar number of livestock to the headage he farmed before his land base was cut by 41 per cent because improved grassland management means he can grow 13t/ha dry...
Veg growers use Farming Connect to plug gaps in knowledge to develop business
13 March 2024
It takes courage and vision to re-mortgage the family home to buy land to grow organic vegetables and flowers on a commercial scale, but Emma Maxwell and Dave Ashley made that bold...
FC - Issue 4 - January - March 2024
Below is the 4th issue of the Farming Connect Technical Publication since the launch of the new programme in April 2023.
It includes easy to digest facts and figures about a range of technical matters for farmers in Wales, allowing...
Farm seeks to shore up future spring water supply through Farming Connect project
04 March 2024
A Ceredigion sheep farm which relies solely on spring water for livestock and people is taking action to safeguard its water security, building resilience into the system by using technology in combination with expertise provided by...
Farming Connect support helps food system initiative trial legume production
01 March 2024
A pioneering food system development initiative in Carmarthenshire is teaming up with Farming Connect to learn how different varieties of legumes and grains can be grown in the county and processed for local consumption.
Under the...
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Business March – May 2024
This dashboard outlines business key activity undertaken across the Farming Connect programme between March - May 2024
Study shows once a day milking not as profitable as twice-a-day for Welsh dairy farm
29 February 2024
Reducing milking frequency to once a day can cut the workload for Welsh dairy farmers but a new report commissioned by Farming Connect has shown that for some businesses profitability will take a hit if they...